"The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom."
Jennifer Hudson
as Aretha Franklin
Forest Whitaker
as C. L. Franklin
Marlon Wayans
as Ted White
Audra McDonald
as Barbara Franklin
Mary J. Blige
as Dinah Washington
Marc Maron
as Jerry Wexler
Tituss Burgess
as Reverend Dr. James Cleveland
Saycon Sengbloh
as Erma Franklin
Hailey Kilgore
as Carolyn Franklin
Tate Donovan
as John Hammond
Skye Dakota Turner
as Aretha Franklin (young)
Heather Headley
as Clara Ward
Leroy McClain
as Cecil Franklin
Lodric D. Collins
as Smokey Robinson
Brenda Nicole Moorer
as Brenda Franklin
Brandon Gilpin
as Teenager
Tangela Large
as Grieving Mother
Albert Jones
as Ken Cunningham
Myk Watford
as Rick Hall
Gilbert Glenn Brown
as Martin Luther King Jr.
Kimberly Scott
as Mama Franklin
Nevaeh Moore
as Young Carolyn
Victoria Paige Watkins
as Teen #2
Christopher Daniel
as Edward
Zach Strum
as David Hood
Jonathan Glickman
Producer
Jackie Lynch
Makeup Artist
Cassandra Powell
Additional Hairstylist
Frank Kern
Foley Editor
Tracey Scott Wilson
Story
Mark Dillon
Supervising Art Director
Moe Coles
Libra Cordero
Key Makeup Artist
Lawrence Davis
Hair Department Head
Stevie Martin
Makeup Department Head
Matt Hovland
ADR Mixer
Natasha Arellano
Robert Wilson
Hairstylist
Harvey Mason Jr.
Executive Music Producer
Kris Bowers
Original Music Composer
Irenia Vail
Paul Hsu
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jerry Yuen
Boom Operator
Callie Khouri
Stacey Sher
Executive Producer
Avril Beukes
Editor
Ina Mayhew
Production Design
Andrea Bowman
Key Hair Stylist
Parra Thomas
Kate Bilinski
Sound Effects Editor
Sue Baden-Powell
Hunter Moore
Cathy T. Marshall
Set Decoration
Delonda Harvey
David Vaccari
Casting
Margina Dennis
Mandrill Hardge
Tiffany Little Canfield
Suzanna Boykin
Victor Jones-Moore
Greg Crawford
Aaron Worman
Christy Caudle
Thomas Varga
Sound Mixer
Marybeth Dillon
Art Direction
Charmaine Balcerzak
A. Renea Dyson
Mark Wilkening
Sarah Carter
Decorator
Joyce Gilliard
Genyii Scott
Kenton Jakub
ADR Editor
Philip Stockton
Supervising Sound Editor
Simi Wein
Production Supervisor
Julia Stockton
Dialogue Editor
Kramer Morgenthau
Director of Photography
Bernard Telsey
Tracy P. Lawrence
Ann Gray
Post Production Supervisor
Paul A. Levin
Leah Winkler
Ed White
Praveen Allu
Digital Compositor
Thomas Kerns
Special Effects Technician
Joseph Sacco
Anthony Bradley
Special Effects Coordinator
Ed Bruce
Visual Effects Supervisor
Gary Archer
Prosthetics
Kenyatta Williams
Set Costumer
Rob Nagy
Set Designer
Ben Sumner
VFX Artist
Caoimhe Maguire
Visual Effects Producer
Wendy Gipp
Crystal D. Brown
Costume Supervisor
Chris McGlamery
Set Dresser
Alex Hillkurtz
Diana Salzburg
Set Decoration Buyer
Munee Hayes
John P. Nugent
Aldo Ruggiero
Chris LeDoux
Executive Visual Effects Producer
Andrew Prescott
Duncan Key
Kade Stauduhar
Visual Effects Editor
Andrew Byrne
Visual Effects
Brandon Kachel
Matte Painter
Heather Taylor
Matt Akey
Daniel L. Smith
Nicholas Daniels
Brad Kalinoski
Daniel Dupre
Christopher Cheng
Adam Keane
Visual Effects Production Assistant
Liesl Tommy
Director
Scott Bernstein
Screenplay
Jason Cloth
Aaron L. Gilbert
Clint Ramos
Costume Design
Michael Heathcote
"A" Camera Operator
Steadicam Operator
Caitlin Nobari
Assistant Art Director
Julius LeFlore
Stunt Coordinator
Matt LaBorde
Stunts