Genius

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Aretha, Season 3 episodes (9)

1 Respect
3/21/21
Desperate for a hit, Aretha travels to Muscle Shoals in 1967 to record her first album with Atlantic Records. After suffering the loss of her surrogate mother, Little Re braves her first solo in 1953 in father C.L. Franklin's church.
2 Until the Real Thing Comes Along
3/21/21
Struggling to find her sound, Aretha catches the attention of Jerry Wexler at Atlantic Records in 1966. Meanwhile, Little Re has her first touring experience on the Gospel Circuit in 1954 with C.L. Franklin and meets her idol, Clara Ward.
3 Do Right Woman
3/22/21
Aretha juggles her music career and her commitment to the civil rights movement, led by Martin Luther King Jr., in 1967 and 1968. Meanwhile, Little Re leaves behind her newborn child to return to the Gospel Circuit in 1955, meeting with music legends James Cleveland and Little Sammie Bryant.
4 Unforgettable
3/22/21
Aretha is featured on the cover of Time Magazine in 1968, but she's devastated when the article focuses on the scandalous details of her personal life. Barbara Franklin and Young C.L. Franklin struggle to establish themselves in Memphis in 1941, before Little Re is born.
5 Young, Gifted and Black
3/23/21
Aretha, inspired by Angela Davis and the Soledad Brothers, records her protest album "Young, Gifted and Black" in 1970. Despite Jerry Wexler's uncertainty, the album is a success. Barbara Franklin makes a decision that has a devastating effect on Little Re in 1951.
6 Amazing Grace
3/23/21
Aretha records her best-selling live Gospel album "Amazing Grace" in 1972 at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, ignoring her sibling's pleas to record instead at New Bethel with their father, C.L. Franklin. Little Re discovers that she's pregnant with her second child, forcing her to leave school. While pregnant, she records her first album at New Bethel in 1956.
7 Chain of Fools
3/24/21
As the Queen of Soul enters the age of disco, Aretha will do anything to remain relevant-including stealing an opportunity from her sister Carolyn. She receives a GRAMMY nomination but is ultimately snubbed from winning the award. While at the ceremony, she meets with Arista founder Clive Davis. Meanwhile, Jerry Wexler leaves Atlantic Records, and he and Aretha part ways.
8 No One Sleeps
3/24/21
Despite significant emotional losses, including a second divorce and the death of her father in 1984, Aretha pushes herself artistically and triumphs. She begins a successful career at Arista, with the help of Clive Davis, and in an unforgettable GRAMMY performance in 1998, she solidifies her eternal reign as the Queen of Soul.
101 Genius: Aretha Trailer
3/21/21
GENIUS is an Emmy-winning anthology series that dramatizes the fascinating stories of the world's most brilliant innovators, their extraordinary achievements and their complex personal relationships. This season will explore Aretha Franklin's musical genius, her incomparable career, and the immeasurable impact and influence she has had on music and culture around the world.

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Genius is an anthology series that focuses on the untold stories of the world's most brilliant innovators.

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4.4
396 reviews
Zyra L. F.
April 25, 2018
So we have Mary Shelley losing her virginity to look forward to, eh Nat Geo? Need more episodes of Elemental. Or was Hydrogen just a one off teaser to stick around for that dumbed down Smith show? Need to show the dates longer, flash too quickly to read unless one watches w dvr to ff all those commercials.
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deborah elliott
August 27, 2021
Picasso was a jerk who treated women like dirt. Francoise Gillot prospered after leaving him and married Jonas Salk who contributed much more to this world than Picasso ever could! The series on Picasso stinks, but the one on Aretha is good. You can't go wrong with Aretha.
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amy leader
June 21, 2018
It is visually satisfying and well acted. My one complaint is that I wish more time was spent on his painting and the process of the evolution of his paintings and less time on his affairs that we are already familiar with. His genius was his art work.
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