[NFBofSC] February Movies and Trivia

[Steve Cook]

We hope you will join us for 2 great movies and trivia this month! 

 

The below events take place at 8:00 PM Eastern and on the NFB of SC Zoom
Platform. More about each movie below the Zoom information. 

Friday, January 3, 2023 Emancipation

Friday, January 10, 2023 Respect

Friday, January 17, 2023 Trivia Night

 


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Emancipation


 

In the 1860s, the African-American enslaved Peter escapes from Louisiana to
freedom. In the opening scene, Peter is seen sitting on the floor kneeled
before his wife. His children are sitting around him, eagerly listening to
the words he speaks as he washes his wife's feet. Suddenly a group of white
men appear in the doorway and tells Peter to "come on boy". They snatched
him out of the house and Peter puts up a brief fight until one of the men
points a gun at his wife's head. He then tell the men that he will walk.
Peter is then hit in the back of his head, put into the back of a cage and
taken from his family. Destination unknown. [4]

 

Cast

Will Smith as Peter

Ben Foster as Fassel

Charmaine Bingwa as Dodienne

Steven Ogg as Sergeant Howard

Mustafa Shakir as Andre Cailloux

Timothy Hutton as Senator John Lyons

Gilbert Owuor as Gordon

Grant Harvey as Leeds

Ronnie Gene Blevins as Harrington

Jabbar Lewis as Tomas

Michael Luwoye as John

Aaron Moten as Knowls

Imani Pullum as Betsy

David Denman as General William Dwight 

 


Respect


 

In 1952, 10-year-old Aretha Franklin lives with her father C.L., pastor of
Detroit's largest Baptist church, and her siblings Cecil, Erma, and Carolyn.
Aretha's father often has her sing for parties at their home, while her
mother Barbara, separated from C.L., encourages her independence. The
predatory actions of a family friend, combined with the sudden death of
Barbara, traumatizes Aretha, who ceases to speak for weeks until her father
demands that she sing at church.

 

Seven years later, Aretha is a teen mother of two boys, but refuses to name
their father. Touring as a gospel singer with family friend Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., she meets local producer Ted White, but C.L. warns him to
stay away. C.L. surprises Aretha with a meeting with Columbia Records
executive John Hammond. She accepts a contract to record jazz standards,
including "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive."

 

Four albums later, Aretha lacks a signature hit. At a club, she attempts to
honor family friend Dinah Washington by performing one of Dinah's songs;
outraged, Dinah advises Aretha to find songs that move her. Struggling with
the controlling influence of her father, Aretha begins a relationship with
Ted. She brings him home to meet her family, leading C.L. to nearly shoot
him, but announces Ted as her manager.

 

Two years later, Ted and Aretha are married with a child. After nine albums
with no real success, Aretha is dropped by Columbia. Ted secures a deal with
veteran producer Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records, who introduces her to a
group of white musicians in Muscle Shoals in 1967. There, Aretha records "I
Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)", but a jealous Ted becomes violent
with her.

 

Returning to Detroit with a black eye, Aretha reconnects with her family.
Realizing her song has been released, becoming her first hit, Aretha takes a
more hands-on role in her career. She makes her sisters her new backup
singers and, despite their misgivings, reunites with Ted. Aretha and Carolyn
are inspired to re-arrange Otis Redding's "Respect"; their version becomes a
#1 single, launching Aretha to stardom by her 25th birthday.

 

At a Detroit concert, Dr. King honors Aretha for her support of the Civil
Rights Movement, proclaiming February 16 "Aretha Franklin Day". She has
another signature hit, "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", but her
career is complicated by Ted's increasingly volatile behavior. Embarking on
a European tour in 1968, Aretha is confronted with a Time magazine cover
story about Ted's abuse, and finally casts him out of her life.

 

Dating her tour manager Ken Cunningham, Aretha eventually has her fourth
child. In the wake of Dr. King's assassination, Aretha's father drunkenly
argues with her over the direction of the Movement, telling her that she no
longer walks in the spirit. Aretha continues to release hits but overworks
herself, coping with the pressure through alcohol, and rejects her family's
attempts to help her.

 

During another overseas performance, a drunken Aretha falls from the stage.
On a downward spiral and estranged from Ken and her family, she is consoled
by a vision of her late mother. Aretha finds the strength to quit drinking,
leading Ken to reconcile with her, and returns to her gospel roots. She
approaches Wexler with the idea to produce her own gospel album, and he
agrees on the condition that the recording of the album be filmed for a
documentary.

 

Beginning rehearsals, Aretha confides in family friend James Cleveland, now
a respected gospel artist. The day of the album's recording, her father
arrives to reconcile with her. The service begins and, with her family in
attendance, Aretha sings her arrangement of the hymn, Amazing Grace. An
epilogue reveals Aretha Franklin's legacy as a world-famous artist and the
"Queen of Soul".

 

Cast

Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin[7]

Skye Dakota Turner as young Aretha

Forest Whitaker as C. L. Franklin, Aretha's father

Marlon Wayans as Ted White, Aretha's abusive husband and manager

Audra McDonald as Barbara Siggers Franklin, Aretha's mother

Marc Maron as Jerry Wexler

Albert Jones as Ken Cunningham

Leroy McClain as Cecil Franklin, Aretha's older brother

Tituss Burgess as James Cleveland

Saycon Sengbloh as Erma Franklin, Aretha's older sister

Hailey Kilgore as Carolyn Franklin, Aretha's younger sister

Tate Donovan as John Hammond

Mary J. Blige as Dinah Washington

Kelvin Hair as Sam Cooke

Heather Headley as Clara Ward

Lodric D. Collins as Smokey Robinson[1]

Gilbert Glenn Brown as Martin Luther King Jr.

Brenda Nicole Moorer as Brenda Franklin-Corbett, Aretha's cousin

 

 

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