Audiences get an intimate portrait at the rock and roll legend's lead up to his historic 1968 Comeback Special

A new Netflix documentary is tackling Elvis Presley's 1968 comeback special that revitalized his faltering career and aired amid racial violence, assassinations and a divided country. The big picture: The documentary to be released Wednesday comes as other recent projects on Elvis have re-examined his role in racial desegregation after previous generations dismissed him as an appropriator of Black art.

As in-depth Netflix film details, his career was in a slump before the show that superfan Bruce Springsteen calls "the rebirthing" of the legend."

“At a certain stage, I had no say so in it,” the icon said of his film career. “I didn’t have final approval of the script, which means I couldn’t say, ‘This is not good for me,’ and so I became very discouraged.”

The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley," a new Netflix documentary produced by Words + Pictures, details June of 1968 which is arguably the most significant crossroads of Elvis' iconic career.

It follows Elvis' iconic 1968 comeback special from Presley that relaunched his singing career after years of making movies.