“I started to think long and hard about Aretha Franklin and all the contributions she made to the world,” says Emmy winner Anthony Hemingway, the director at the helm of National Geographic’s bioseries “Genius: Aretha” starring Cynthia Erivo. “She was transformative and surpassed her time on this earth. Not many people have the ability to do that.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
Hemingway was always impressed by Franklin’s prowess as a singer, but wasn’t fully aware of her life story until he signed on to direct the limited series. “What attracted me was the stuff that I did not know,” Hemingway explains. “I loved her as an artist. That is what I think most people think about. That was the blessing of being able to do eight hours of unpacking the humanity of her. She was a musical genius, but it was deeper than that.”
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Hemingway was always impressed by Franklin’s prowess as a singer, but wasn’t fully aware of her life story until he signed on to direct the limited series. “What attracted me was the stuff that I did not know,” Hemingway explains. “I loved her as an artist. That is what I think most people think about. That was the blessing of being able to do eight hours of unpacking the humanity of her. She was a musical genius, but it was deeper than that.”
SEECourtney B.
- 6/18/2021
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
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