This movie is a documentary about Aretha Franklin. It is also about the choir at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Watts, Los Angeles in January 1972. The people in this documentary include: Aretha Franklin as Herself (archive footage), Reverand James cleveland as Himself (archive footage) (as James Cleveland), Southern California community choir as Themselves, C.l. Franklin as Himself (archive footage), Alexander Hamilton as Himself (archive footage), Bernard Pretty purdie as Himself (archive footage) (as Bernard Purdie), Chuck Rainey as Himself (archive footage) and Clara Ward as Herself (archive footage).