Cast 25

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

Crew 102

Tracey Scott Wilson

Writing

Callie Khouri

Writing

Stacey Sher

Production

Harvey Mason Jr.

Crew

Jennifer Hudson

Production

Jonathan Glickman

Production

Sue Baden-Powell

Production

Kris Bowers

Sound

Kramer Morgenthau

Camera

Avril Beukes

Editing

Tiffany Little Canfield

Production

Bernard Telsey

Production

David Vaccari

Production

Ina Mayhew

Art

Mark Dillon

Art

Marybeth Dillon

Art

Sarah Carter

Art

Cathy T. Marshall

Art

Natasha Arellano

Costume & Make-Up

Charmaine Balcerzak

Costume & Make-Up

Andrea Bowman

Costume & Make-Up

Suzanna Boykin

Costume & Make-Up

Christy Caudle

Costume & Make-Up

Moe Coles

Costume & Make-Up

Libra Cordero

Costume & Make-Up

Lawrence Davis

Costume & Make-Up

Margina Dennis

Costume & Make-Up

A. Renea Dyson

Costume & Make-Up

Joyce Gilliard

Costume & Make-Up

Mandrill Hardge

Costume & Make-Up

Delonda Harvey

Costume & Make-Up

Victor Jones-Moore

Costume & Make-Up

Tracy P. Lawrence

Costume & Make-Up

Jackie Lynch

Costume & Make-Up

Stevie Martin

Costume & Make-Up

Cassandra Powell

Costume & Make-Up

Genyii Scott

Costume & Make-Up

Parra Thomas

Costume & Make-Up

Irenia Vail

Costume & Make-Up

Robert Wilson

Costume & Make-Up

Aaron Worman

Costume & Make-Up

Ann Gray

Crew

Paul A. Levin

Crew

Simi Wein

Production

Leah Winkler

Production

Kate Bilinski

Sound

Greg Crawford

Sound

Matt Hovland

Sound

Paul Hsu

Sound

Kenton Jakub

Sound

Frank Kern

Sound

Hunter Moore

Sound

Julia Stockton

Sound

Philip Stockton

Sound

Thomas Varga

Sound

Ed White

Sound

Mark Wilkening

Sound

Jerry Yuen

Sound

Anthony Bradley

Crew

Thomas Kerns

Crew

Joseph Sacco

Crew

Praveen Allu

Visual Effects

Ed Bruce

Visual Effects

Gary Archer

Costume & Make-Up

Alex Hillkurtz

Art

Chris McGlamery

Art

Rob Nagy

Art

Diana Salzburg

Art

Wendy Gipp

Visual Effects

Caoimhe Maguire

Visual Effects

John P. Nugent

Visual Effects

Ben Sumner

Visual Effects

Kenyatta Williams

Costume & Make-Up

Munee Hayes

Costume & Make-Up

Crystal D. Brown

Costume & Make-Up

Daniel L. Smith

Visual Effects

Kade Stauduhar

Crew

Heather Taylor

Crew

Christopher Cheng

Visual Effects

Aldo Ruggiero

Visual Effects

Andrew Prescott

Visual Effects

Chris LeDoux

Crew

Brad Kalinoski

Visual Effects

Duncan Key

Visual Effects

Daniel Dupre

Visual Effects

Nicholas Daniels

Visual Effects

Andrew Byrne

Visual Effects

Matt Akey

Crew

Brandon Kachel

Visual Effects

Adam Keane

Visual Effects

Liesl Tommy

Directing

Tracey Scott Wilson

Writing

Scott Bernstein

Production

Harvey Mason Jr.

Production

Jason Cloth

Production

Aaron L. Gilbert

Production

Clint Ramos

Costume & Make-Up

Michael Heathcote

Camera

Michael Heathcote

Camera

Caitlin Nobari

Art

Julius LeFlore

Crew

Matt LaBorde

Crew