The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
as Aretha Franklin
as C. L. Franklin
as Ted White
as Barbara Franklin
as Dinah Washington
as Jerry Wexler
as Reverend Dr. James Cleveland
as Erma Franklin
as Carolyn Franklin
as John Hammond
as Aretha Franklin (young)
as Clara Ward
as Cecil Franklin
as Smokey Robinson
as Brenda Franklin
as Teenager
as Grieving Mother
as Ken Cunningham
as Rick Hall
as Martin Luther King Jr.
as Mama Franklin
as Young Carolyn
as Teen #2
as Edward
as David Hood
as Ted White's Prostitute (uncredited)
