Respect (2021)
Rating: 6.8/10
Duration: 145 min
Genres: Drama, Music, History,
Director(s): Liesl Tommy,
Description:
The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
Cast
- Tate Donovan as John Hammond
- Mary J. Blige as Dinah Washington
- Audra McDonald as Barbara Franklin
- Hailey Kilgore as Carolyn Franklin
- Forest Whitaker as C. L. Franklin
- Marc Maron as Jerry Wexler
- Marlon Wayans as Ted White
- Tituss Burgess as Reverend Dr. James Cleveland
- Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin
- Saycon Sengbloh as Erma Franklin
- 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