Author Steve Turner calls it "America's most beloved song." "Amazing Grace" and its story is the gift that keeps on giving. Each story begets another story, and they're all captured in a highly enriching and engaging Interview-Documentary, "Amazing Grace: The Story of America's Most Beloved Song."

The song's story and history, by themselves, go well beyond interesting and captivating. But it's the history of the individual words, "wretch," "grace" and "amazing" that create the most interest and momentum.

The hymn lays out the biography of John Newton, a one-time slave trader who wrote the words. He is also the wretch mentioned in the text. Author Steve Turner juxtaposes Newton's original intentions for these words with the stories of people whose lives were rescued and transformed upon hearing them at their lowest and highest life moments. These juxtapositions create the documentary's deepest, most gripping moments.

"Amazing Grace: The Story of America's Most Beloved Song” is convincing story telling suitable for almost all formats and for stations with regular and occasional documentary slots in their schedule.