Baton Rouge film producer Jarred Coates is headed to the U.K. to work on a film about John Newton, the former enslaver turned abolitionist who wrote the hymn “Amazing Grace.” The film roughly coincides with the song’s 250-year anniversary and will explain its origin and cultural impact, Coates says. More than 3,000 artists have recorded
Baton Rouge filmmaker heads to UK for ‘Amazing Grace’ documentary
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