Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 145 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States, Canada
The story
The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
- pop singer
- biography
- african american history
- african american
- african american musician
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Jennifer Hudson
Aretha Franklin
Forest Whitaker
C. L. Franklin
Marlon Wayans
Ted White
Audra McDonald
Barbara Franklin
- Mary J. Blige — Dinah Washington
- Marc Maron — Jerry Wexler
- Tituss Burgess — Reverend Dr. James Cleveland
- Saycon Sengbloh — Erma Franklin
- Hailey Kilgore — Carolyn Franklin
- Tate Donovan — John Hammond
- Skye Dakota Turner — Aretha Franklin (young)
- Heather Headley — Clara Ward
- Leroy McClain — Cecil Franklin
- Lodric D. Collins — Smokey Robinson
- Brenda Nicole Moorer — Brenda Franklin
- Directed
- Liesl Tommy
- Written
- Callie Khouri, Tracey Scott Wilson
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 481 ratings
- Studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Bron Studios, One Community, Chislehurst Entertainment, Harvey Mason Media, Glickmania
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
