Respect is finally here and we’re on the edge of our seats as we slowly approach its August 13 release date. Starring Academy Award® winner Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin, Respect follows the life and times of the reigning queen of soul.
From her days as a child singing in her father’s church to her international superstardom and her “Respect” hit’s single phenomena, the biopic is a visual account that shows Franklin’s growth as an artist and a woman while she finds her voice in the music industry and the world as a Black woman.Joining Hudson as Franklin will be Forest Whitaker as C.L.
Franklin, Marlon Wayans as Ted White, Audra McDonald as Barbara Franklin, and Mary J. Blige as Dinah Washington. In the nearly two-and-a-half-minute.
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