August 12, 2021
145 minutes
DramaMusicHistory
Respect
The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
Trailer
Cast
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)
Brandon Gilpin
(Teenager)
Tangela Large
(Grieving Mother)
Albert Jones
(Ken Cunningham)
Myk Watford
(Rick Hall)
Gilbert Glenn Brown
(Martin Luther King Jr.)
Kimberly Scott
(Mama Franklin)
Nevaeh Moore
(Young Carolyn)
Victoria Paige Watkins
(Teen #2)
Christopher Daniel
(Edward)
Zach Strum
(David Hood)
