GENIUS: ARETHA Online conversation with GENIUS: ARETHA stars Cynthia Erivo & Courtney B. Vance and director-executive producer Anthony Hemingway at 12:00 PM PT on Saturday, May 22nd. RSVP here to receive a link to the Zoom discussion. Your Zoom link will be sent earlier on the day of the event. Moderated by Alex Cohen.
GENIUS: ARETHA 2021, National Geographic, 60 min, USA, Dir: Anthony Hemingway GENIUS is National Geographic’s Emmy-winning anthology series that dramatizes the fascinating stories of the world’s most brilliant innovators, their extraordinary achievements and with their volatile, passionate and complex personal relationships. This season will explore Aretha Franklin’s musical genius and incomparable career, as well as the immeasurable impact and lasting influence she has had on music and culture around the world. Grammy Award winner Franklin was a gospel prodigy, an outspoken civil rights champion and widely considered to be the greatest singer of the past 50 years, receiving countless honors throughout her career. Franklin will be portrayed by the triple threat Tony-, Emmy- and Grammy Award-winning Cynthia Erivo and Emmy-winning Courtney B. Vance will play Aretha’s father, C.L. Franklin. REGISTER FOR THE EVENT WATCH THE TRAILER