'Respect' fact check: What did Aretha Franklin biopic get wrong?
A fiery encounter with Dinah Washington, a childhood rape, the making of the hit song "Respect": Here's what the new biopic got right and wrong.
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'Respect': Behind Aretha Franklin's quest for a movie about her life
Aretha Franklin had years of hurdles and hard lessons as she tried to make a movie about her life. Friends and insiders tell the story of her quest.
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Beyond the silver screen: a look at the vibrant history of Harlem's Black film scene
Beyond the silver screen: a look at the vibrant history of Harlem’s Black film scene Beyond the silver screen: a look at the vibrant history of Harlem’s Black film scene Isai Soto / Staff Illustrator While Harlem’s film history began in black and white, the stories that come out of the neighborhood are as colorful and eclectic as their ever changing community. It only takes a stroll through the neighborhood to understand film’s place in Harlem’s history. The Jets of 1961′s “West Side Story” patrolled 110th Street, Denzel Washington’s titular character hung out at the—n...
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