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The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
2021-08-12
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Cast
Director
Liesl Tommy
Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin
Forest Whitaker as C. L. Franklin
Marlon Wayans as Ted White
Audra McDonald as Barbara Franklin
Mary J. Blige as Dinah Washington
Marc Maron as Jerry Wexler
Tituss Burgess as Reverend Dr. James Cleveland
Saycon Sengbloh as Erma Franklin
Hailey Kilgore as Carolyn Franklin
Tate Donovan as John Hammond
Skye Dakota Turner as Aretha Franklin (young)
Heather Headley as Clara Ward
Leroy McClain as Cecil Franklin
Lodric D. Collins as Smokey Robinson
Brenda Nicole Moorer as Brenda Franklin
Brandon Gilpin as Teenager
Tangela Large as Grieving Mother
Albert Jones as Ken Cunningham
Myk Watford as Rick Hall
Gilbert Glenn Brown as Martin Luther King Jr.
Kimberly Scott as Mama Franklin
Peyton Jackson as Young Cecil
Victoria Paige Watkins as Teen #2
Christopher Daniel as Edward
Zach Strum as David Hood