Tracey Scott Wilson

Film Respect menuturkan perjalanan hidup Aretha Franklin sejak kecil. Pada 1952, Aretha berusia 10 tahun dan tinggal bersama ayahnya, C. L. Franklin, pendeta gereja Baptis terbesar di Detroit, serta saudara-saudaranya Cecil, Erma, dan Carolyn. Aretha kerap diminta bernyanyi di acara-acara rumah, sementara ibunya, Barbara, yang telah berpisah dari C.L., mendorong kemandirian Aretha.

— by BEV QUESTAD — Compliant and 10 years old, Aretha Franklin is woken up from bed by her father late at night to sing for his guests at a lively party in his opulent home. “Respect” traverses the concept and evolution of Aretha’s own struggle in life to receive the respect she deserves. After being used for everyone else’s delight and financial gain, Aretha grows into a powerful woman who, 43 years later, sings at Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration.

Tracey Scott Wilson Tracey Scott Wilson wrote the screenplay for the new movie Respect, based on the life of Aretha Franklin. On TV, she served as a co-executive producer on Fosse/Verdon at FX and Apple TV+’s The Morning Show. Before that, she was a co-executive producer on FX’s award-winning series The Americans, where she wrote for four seasons and received two WGAE awards, two Peabody awards and a Golden Globe.