The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley" debuted Nov. 13 on Netflix, offering a look at Presley's "'68 Comeback Special."

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.

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.