Movie
Respect
Overview
The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
Details
- Release date
- 2021-08-12
- Runtime
- 145 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Bron Studios, One Community, Chislehurst Entertainment, Harvey Mason Media, Glickmania
- Country
- United States of America, Canada
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- 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
Crew
- Liesl Tommy - Director
- Tracey Scott Wilson - Screenplay
- Tracey Scott Wilson - Story
- Callie Khouri - Story
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