A federal judge in Colorado has granted an injunction to halt the opening night premiere of Amazing Grace. Amazing Grace, the highly-anticipated documentary about singing legend Aretha Franklin has been pulled from the programme at the Telluride film festival following legal action by its subject. On Friday ? the day of its screening ? Franklin filed a complaint against Telluride claiming that the footage ?was taken with the express understanding that it would not be used commercially without agreement and consent by Ms Franklin." The film uses footage from a 1972 concert by Franklin and was originally part of an unfinished film by the late Sydney Pollack, is also scheduled to show in six days time at the Toronto film festivals. Its documentary programmer, Thom Powers, told Deadline that they were still intending to screen and said they ?haven?t heard of any legal procedures regarding the film in Toronto."
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