A new Netflix documentary explores the significance of the rock 'n' roll legend's 1968 comeback, when he was at a major crossroads in his career

Priscilla Presley tells PEOPLE Elvis' manager Colonel Tom Parker "talked him out of" taking the role Elvis Presley almost starred in 1976's A Star Is Born. Barbra Streisand initially had the King of Rock 'n' Roll in mind to play her onscreen love interest in the film,

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."

Priscilla Presley didn't see Elvis live until more than a decade into his career and after they had already married.

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.

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.