Respect (2021)
Coming Out at August 13, 2021 in theaters
Biography, Drama, Music
Director Liesl Tommy makes her feature film debut with Respect. With a story by Callie Khouri and Tracey Scott Wilson, and screenplay written by Tracey Scott Wilson. Wilson and Tommy have worked together creatively since the 2009 play The Good Negro written by Wilson, directed by Tommy at The Public Theatre.
Following the rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the remarkable true story of the music icon’s journey to find her voice.
Director: Liesl Tommy
Writers: Callie Khouri, Tracey Scott Wilson
Stars: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Audra McDonald, Saycon Sengbloh, Hailey Kilgore, Brenda Nicole Moorer, Marlon Wayans
►Cast
| Jennifer Hudson | ► | Aretha Franklin |
| Forest Whitaker | ► | C. L. Franklin |
| Marlon Wayans | ► | Ted White |
| Tituss Burgess | ► | James Cleveland |
| Audra McDonald | ► | Barbara |
| Marc Maron | ► | Jerry Wexler |
| Heather Headley | ► | Clara Ward |
| Kimberly Scott | ► | Mama Franklin |
| Hailey Kilgore | ► | Carolyn Franklin |
| Saycon Sengbloh | ► | Erma Franklin |
| LeRoy McClain | ► | Cecil Franklin |
| Albert Jones | ► | Ken Cunningham |
| Tate Donovan | ► | John Hammond |
| Myk Watford | ► | Rick Hall |
| Skye Dakota Turner | ► | Young Aretha |
| Gilbert Glenn Brown | ► | Martin Luther King Jr. |
| Mary J. Blige | ► | Dinah Washington |