Genius - Aretha (2021) (season)
Creators:
Suzan-Lori ParksDirected by:
Anthony HemingwayScreenplay:
Becky ModeCinematography:
Kevin McKnightComposer:
Terence BlanchardCast:
Cynthia Erivo, Malcolm Barrett, Patrice Covington, Rebecca Naomi Jones, David Cross, Shaian Jordan, Courtney B. Vance, Omar J. Dorsey, Keith Arthur Bolden, Antonique Smith, T.I., Michael Hogan (more)Plots(1)
Aretha records her best-selling live Gospel album “Amazing Grace” in 1972 at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, ignoring her sibling’s pleas to record instead at New Bethel with their father, C.L. Franklin. Little Re discovers that she’s pregnant with her second child, forcing her to leave school. While pregnant, she records her first album at New Bethel in 1956. (National Geographic)
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Cynthia Erivo
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Malcolm Barrett
USA
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Patrice Covington
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Rebecca Naomi Jones
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David Cross
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Shaian Jordan
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Courtney B. Vance
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Omar J. Dorsey
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Keith Arthur Bolden
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Antonique Smith
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Michael Hogan
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Leon Lamar
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Ny'Jal Blair
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Jannette Sepwa
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Michael Rene Walton
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Meleeka Clary
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Pauletta Washington
USA
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Aubriana Davis
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