Bruce Springsteen wrote “The Streets of Minneapolis” on Saturday, January 24, the day the videos of Alex Pretti being thrown to the ground and shot in the back by federal ethnic-cleansing goons zoomed around the globe.
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A just-unsealed file shows that the FBI extensively tracked Aretha Franklin’s civil rights activism, particularly her friendships with Martin Luther King, Jr., and Angela Davis.
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Five movies for the holidays: First Reformed | Movie. If Beale Street Could Talk. "Bisbee '17" | Documentary. Minding the Gap | Documentary. Amazing Grace | Documentary.
It took 46 years for this film to see the light of day. It was worth the wait. (Full review.) Sydney Pollack documents Aretha Franklin in two days of live recording at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles that resulted in the best-selling album of live gospel recording of all time.
This newly released film, directed by Sydney Pollack, documents Aretha Franklin's recording of the live album "Amazing Grace" over two nights in January 1972.
Ariana Grande performed a stirring rendition of Aretha Franklin's '(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman' in tribute to the Queen of Soul at her funeral in Detroit.
John Oliver: Astroturfing. A Ride Through Oakland With Boots Riley. Amos Lee - “Dying White Light”. Movie | Fahrenheit 11/9. Gladys Knight and Smokey Robinson Remember Aretha Franklin.
Don Lemon and stars Gladys Knight and Smokey Robinson remember the late, great "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin.
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