1 00:00:00,626 --> 00:00:03,003 ANNOUNCER: Previously on Genius. 2 00:00:03,003 --> 00:00:05,005 JERRY: What kind of music do you really want to make, 3 00:00:05,005 --> 00:00:06,298 Ms. Franklin? 4 00:00:06,298 --> 00:00:08,634 ARETHA: I want to make hits, Mr. Wexler. 5 00:00:08,634 --> 00:00:09,927 JERRY: You'll get there when you realize you're 6 00:00:09,927 --> 00:00:12,596 Aretha Franklin and nobody else. 7 00:00:13,263 --> 00:00:16,225 I can help you find your sound, that's what I do. 8 00:00:16,642 --> 00:00:18,727 ARETHA: I'd like to join your tour, Dr. King. 9 00:00:18,727 --> 00:00:20,187 KING: We'd love to have you. 10 00:00:20,187 --> 00:00:22,314 CL: Detroit needs its favorite daughter now. 11 00:00:22,314 --> 00:00:24,525 KING: Your daughter is a start of international prominence, 12 00:00:24,525 --> 00:00:26,652 that comes with a certain responsibility. 13 00:00:26,652 --> 00:00:28,070 BARBARA: Why is there a second crib here with 14 00:00:28,070 --> 00:00:29,446 CL's name on it? 15 00:00:29,446 --> 00:00:31,490 WOMAN: Oh, I'm sure it's just a mistake. 16 00:00:31,865 --> 00:00:35,035 BARBARA: I always had suspicions but at your core, 17 00:00:35,702 --> 00:00:37,996 I thought you were a good, loving man. 18 00:00:37,996 --> 00:00:39,998 ARETHA: Her mother deserted the family and died; 19 00:00:39,998 --> 00:00:41,875 our mother never deserted us. 20 00:00:42,251 --> 00:00:43,752 How the hell did he know all this shit? 21 00:00:43,752 --> 00:00:45,045 Did you speak to him by yourself? 22 00:00:45,045 --> 00:00:46,547 TED: He called me, yeah. 23 00:00:46,547 --> 00:00:48,131 ARETHA: He was only acting friendly and you feel for it? 24 00:00:48,131 --> 00:00:49,550 TED: We all fell for it. 25 00:00:49,550 --> 00:00:51,134 KING CURTIS: You know he don't treat you right. 26 00:00:51,134 --> 00:00:52,219 ARETHA: He never has. 27 00:00:52,219 --> 00:00:53,428 KING CURTIS: You think you need him, 28 00:00:53,428 --> 00:00:55,973 but he knows deep inside you don't. 29 00:00:55,973 --> 00:00:57,432 TED: Look, we've been through a lot of stuff, 30 00:00:57,432 --> 00:00:58,308 we always make it through. 31 00:00:58,308 --> 00:00:59,476 ARETHA: Not this time. 32 00:00:59,476 --> 00:01:01,645 You have one choice; you can leave, or I can. 33 00:01:02,187 --> 00:01:03,272 TED: You need me, Re. 34 00:01:03,272 --> 00:01:04,523 ARETHA: Hell I do. 35 00:01:10,654 --> 00:01:13,031 ♪ It's a family affair ♪♪ 36 00:01:13,031 --> 00:01:14,324 CHILD: Cannon ball! 37 00:01:18,161 --> 00:01:19,538 Shark attack! 38 00:01:21,123 --> 00:01:23,375 ♪ It's a family affair ♪ 39 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:26,545 ♪ It's a family affair ♪♪ 40 00:01:26,545 --> 00:01:27,838 ARETHA: Would you go on and take that 41 00:01:27,838 --> 00:01:29,673 over there now, please. 42 00:01:31,133 --> 00:01:33,093 CAROLYN: This is what I'm thinking for my album cover. 43 00:01:33,093 --> 00:01:36,054 ARETHA: Baby Dynamite, it's gorgeous. 44 00:01:39,766 --> 00:01:42,102 CAROLYN: Any chance you'd write the liner notes? 45 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:43,687 It'd be a help. 46 00:01:43,687 --> 00:01:45,272 ARETHA: Is Erma still mad that I released 47 00:01:45,272 --> 00:01:46,732 "Son of a Preacher Man"? 48 00:01:46,732 --> 00:01:48,400 CAROLYN: Well, you did say you weren't going to release it. 49 00:01:48,400 --> 00:01:49,943 ARETHA: Well, she recorded it and it didn't chart. 50 00:01:49,943 --> 00:01:52,154 CAROLYN: And now she feels like you stole her thunder. 51 00:01:56,116 --> 00:01:57,242 ARETHA: This is a crazy business, 52 00:01:57,242 --> 00:01:58,618 we all just out here trying to make it. 53 00:02:00,037 --> 00:02:01,580 REPORTER (over TV): A riot broke out today in 54 00:02:01,580 --> 00:02:03,540 California Soledad State Prison. 55 00:02:03,540 --> 00:02:04,750 ARETHA: All right, I'll write your liner notes, 56 00:02:04,750 --> 00:02:05,792 no sweat. 57 00:02:05,792 --> 00:02:07,502 CAROLYN: Thank you. 58 00:02:07,502 --> 00:02:08,754 REPORTER (over TV): Three Negro inmates, while engaged in, 59 00:02:08,754 --> 00:02:10,380 what several reports say was a fistfight, 60 00:02:10,380 --> 00:02:12,883 were shot and killed by prison guards. 61 00:02:12,883 --> 00:02:15,969 Some think the violence is related to the racially 62 00:02:15,969 --> 00:02:19,473 charged riots that have rocked several American cities 63 00:02:19,473 --> 00:02:21,183 over the past few years. 64 00:02:21,183 --> 00:02:22,893 CAROLYN: Let me turn this off. ARETHA: Don't. 65 00:02:22,893 --> 00:02:24,936 REPORTER (over TV): Most notably in the months of 1967. 66 00:02:24,936 --> 00:02:27,064 CAROLYN: The world is going crazy, 67 00:02:27,064 --> 00:02:28,482 but you can only do so much. 68 00:02:28,482 --> 00:02:29,941 ARETHA: Well, the least I can do is listen. 69 00:02:29,941 --> 00:02:33,737 Mass incarceration, racial injustice; 70 00:02:33,737 --> 00:02:35,072 it just makes me want to holler. 71 00:02:35,072 --> 00:02:36,740 CAROLYN: I hear that. 72 00:02:36,740 --> 00:02:39,576 But you always getting tangled up in other people's messes. 73 00:02:39,576 --> 00:02:41,078 Don't. 74 00:02:41,620 --> 00:02:44,498 ARETHA: They shoot us down like dogs; 75 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:47,959 like our lives ain't worth nothing. 76 00:02:52,172 --> 00:02:54,841 I'm going to record a protest album. 77 00:02:54,841 --> 00:02:56,802 It's time to take a stand. 78 00:03:00,180 --> 00:03:06,561 (theme music plays) 79 00:03:27,916 --> 00:03:33,588 ♪ ♪ 80 00:03:44,015 --> 00:03:45,350 CECIL: Well, Re, you wanted to meet the man who 81 00:03:45,350 --> 00:03:46,852 made my medallion. 82 00:03:46,852 --> 00:03:48,979 Ken Cunningham meet my sister Aretha Franklin. 83 00:03:48,979 --> 00:03:50,063 ARETHA: Pleasure to meet you. 84 00:03:50,063 --> 00:03:51,273 KEN: It's an honor. 85 00:03:51,273 --> 00:03:52,524 CECIL: I'll leave you two. 86 00:03:52,524 --> 00:03:53,650 ARETHA: Shall we sit? 87 00:03:53,650 --> 00:03:55,485 KEN: Sounds good. 88 00:03:58,363 --> 00:03:59,531 ARETHA: These are your designs? 89 00:03:59,531 --> 00:04:01,575 KEN: Yes, ma'am. 90 00:04:01,575 --> 00:04:03,910 Our designers are brothers and sisters who work 91 00:04:03,910 --> 00:04:06,163 with jewelers and seamstresses in Harlem. 92 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:08,623 ARETHA: Everything is gorgeous. 93 00:04:08,623 --> 00:04:09,958 KEN: Yes, indeed. 94 00:04:09,958 --> 00:04:12,544 Gorgeous, comfortable, and instep with the time. 95 00:04:12,544 --> 00:04:14,588 Now, we going to be in runways and magazines, 96 00:04:14,588 --> 00:04:16,423 and we've got good word of mouth. 97 00:04:16,423 --> 00:04:17,716 ARETHA: And now you need investors. 98 00:04:19,176 --> 00:04:21,219 Cecil says that you're a self‐made businessman who is 99 00:04:21,219 --> 00:04:22,512 socially conscious. 100 00:04:22,512 --> 00:04:24,139 KEN: Well, thank you, Cecil. 101 00:04:24,139 --> 00:04:26,224 ARETHA: Well, I like to empower people, 102 00:04:26,224 --> 00:04:28,143 but I have to thoroughly checkup on people before 103 00:04:28,143 --> 00:04:29,227 I meet them. 104 00:04:29,227 --> 00:04:30,854 KEN: Well, I certainly hope I rate. 105 00:04:30,854 --> 00:04:32,522 ARETHA: So far. 106 00:04:32,856 --> 00:04:35,066 Could I have a scotch, please? 107 00:04:35,066 --> 00:04:36,610 KEN: Just water for me, thanks. 108 00:04:38,195 --> 00:04:39,696 Hey, I have a gift for you. 109 00:04:39,696 --> 00:04:42,824 If you would allow me to flip to the back page. 110 00:04:44,117 --> 00:04:46,453 Ah, this, this is from Ghana. 111 00:04:46,453 --> 00:04:49,748 Now, if you look here the white symbolizes goodness and 112 00:04:49,748 --> 00:04:51,666 the gold is for prosperity. 113 00:04:52,918 --> 00:04:55,587 I thought it would be perfect for you. 114 00:04:57,380 --> 00:04:58,590 ARETHA: Thank you. 115 00:04:58,590 --> 00:04:59,800 You've got to come to the studio, 116 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,551 see how I run my business. 117 00:05:02,886 --> 00:05:07,516 (piano). 118 00:05:10,352 --> 00:05:11,353 ARETHA: And after that, I come in. 119 00:05:11,353 --> 00:05:12,729 You got it? 120 00:05:14,439 --> 00:05:16,233 ARIF, I know I've been talking a mile a minute, 121 00:05:16,233 --> 00:05:17,692 are you getting everything down? 122 00:05:18,193 --> 00:05:19,653 ARIF: Just like you laid it out for me, 123 00:05:19,653 --> 00:05:21,279 hot off the press. 124 00:05:24,783 --> 00:05:26,618 ARETHA: Billy, can you give us more feel? 125 00:05:26,618 --> 00:05:28,286 BILLY: I'll take us all to church. 126 00:05:28,286 --> 00:05:29,955 ARETHA: Cornell, I want you to keep it greasy. 127 00:05:29,955 --> 00:05:31,957 CORNELL: Deep fried and laid to the side. 128 00:05:34,042 --> 00:05:35,585 ARETHA: And, Chuck and Ray won't rush. 129 00:05:35,919 --> 00:05:38,296 CHUCK: I'm in. RAY: Copy that. 130 00:05:39,297 --> 00:05:40,465 ARETHA: Ladies? 131 00:05:40,465 --> 00:05:42,217 WOMAN: Oh, we're good to go. 132 00:05:42,717 --> 00:05:43,844 (harmonizing) 133 00:05:43,844 --> 00:05:45,512 WOMAN: Wait a minute, wait a minute. 134 00:05:45,512 --> 00:05:47,514 ARETHA: Okay, let's take it from the top. 135 00:05:47,514 --> 00:05:48,890 MAN: Going to make a hit. 136 00:05:51,434 --> 00:05:53,228 We need to work on that pocket. 137 00:05:55,146 --> 00:05:56,815 ARETHA: All right. 138 00:05:58,066 --> 00:06:01,236 (piano). 139 00:06:06,992 --> 00:06:09,286 ARETHA: Wait a minute, now. 140 00:06:11,162 --> 00:06:13,665 There was a pizza box on the piano, where is it? 141 00:06:14,583 --> 00:06:16,251 There was a pizza box on the piano, where is it? 142 00:06:16,251 --> 00:06:17,586 ARIF: What, you want to order dinner, or? 143 00:06:17,586 --> 00:06:19,796 ARETHA: It makes the piano sound different. 144 00:06:23,425 --> 00:06:24,968 MAN: Sorry. MAN 2: Chop, chop. 145 00:06:24,968 --> 00:06:26,636 MAN: Thought it was garbage. 146 00:06:28,096 --> 00:06:31,725 (overlapping chatter) 147 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:37,105 ARETHA: Let's take it from the top. 148 00:06:37,939 --> 00:06:44,070 (piano). 149 00:06:46,072 --> 00:06:50,368 ♪ Holy Moses, I have been removed ♪ 150 00:06:52,871 --> 00:06:57,542 ♪ I have seen the specter, he has been here too ♪ 151 00:06:59,794 --> 00:07:02,547 ♪ Distant cousin from down the line ♪ 152 00:07:03,256 --> 00:07:05,800 ♪ Brand of people who ain't my kind ♪ 153 00:07:08,762 --> 00:07:13,058 ♪ Holy Moses, I have been removed ♪♪ 154 00:07:18,730 --> 00:07:20,565 JERRY: How political is she going to get? 155 00:07:20,565 --> 00:07:21,858 RUTH: She hasn't said. 156 00:07:21,858 --> 00:07:23,860 CECIL: She's been listening to anti‐war songs, 157 00:07:23,860 --> 00:07:25,320 migrant farmer songs. 158 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:27,947 TOM: Hasn't she earned the right to do what she wants? 159 00:07:27,947 --> 00:07:30,659 ♪ Now the wind has changed directions ♪ 160 00:07:30,659 --> 00:07:32,786 ♪ I think I'll have to leave ♪♪ 161 00:07:33,036 --> 00:07:34,579 JERRY: I just don't want people to boycott her. 162 00:07:34,579 --> 00:07:37,791 You know, she could play the Fillmore West instead. 163 00:07:38,958 --> 00:07:40,669 You know, peace and drug loving hippies, 164 00:07:40,669 --> 00:07:42,128 they're radical but not in a way that would 165 00:07:42,128 --> 00:07:44,464 alienate her fanbase. 166 00:07:44,464 --> 00:07:46,132 Think hippies would get her? 167 00:07:46,132 --> 00:07:47,467 CECIL: Why wouldn't they get her? 168 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:50,011 RUTH: What she should do is play the Fillmore 169 00:07:50,011 --> 00:07:51,262 and make this album. 170 00:07:51,262 --> 00:07:53,723 ♪ Yes I have now ♪ 171 00:07:54,432 --> 00:07:57,894 ♪ I'm going back to the border where my affairs ♪ 172 00:07:57,894 --> 00:08:01,189 ♪ My affairs ain't been abused ♪ 173 00:08:01,189 --> 00:08:03,858 ♪ I can't take any more bad water ♪ 174 00:08:04,401 --> 00:08:09,656 ♪ I've been poisoned from my head down to my shoes ♪♪ 175 00:08:12,117 --> 00:08:13,618 JERRY: Yeah, I don't know that this song is going 176 00:08:13,618 --> 00:08:15,328 to resonate with her hardcore fans. 177 00:08:15,829 --> 00:08:17,247 RUTH: Well, it resonates with me. 178 00:08:17,247 --> 00:08:19,040 JERRY: Well, if they all sound like this, great, 179 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,459 but if not, we've got a dud on our hands. 180 00:08:21,459 --> 00:08:23,378 You know, she thinks those Soledad Brothers are 181 00:08:23,378 --> 00:08:25,714 folk heroes but I'm not so sure her fanbase does. 182 00:08:26,214 --> 00:08:27,924 RUTH: Look, it's not easy on my end either. 183 00:08:27,924 --> 00:08:30,510 Last summer, she sparks a riot in Denver and then 184 00:08:30,510 --> 00:08:32,095 she cancels in Las Vegas. 185 00:08:32,095 --> 00:08:34,013 I'm having trouble booking her. 186 00:08:34,514 --> 00:08:36,266 JERRY: Yeah. 187 00:08:36,766 --> 00:08:38,309 Who's this guy she's with? 188 00:08:38,309 --> 00:08:41,521 CECIL: It's Ken Cunningham, social activist, businessman. 189 00:08:41,521 --> 00:08:44,232 He's solid, I checked. 190 00:08:44,232 --> 00:08:46,526 JERRY: The divorce with Ted come through yet? 191 00:08:52,699 --> 00:08:54,117 Great. 192 00:08:54,117 --> 00:08:58,329 ♪ Holy Moses, can we live in peace? ♪ 193 00:09:00,123 --> 00:09:06,129 ♪ Let us strive to find a way to make all hatred cease ♪ 194 00:09:06,963 --> 00:09:09,924 ♪ There's a man standing over there ♪ 195 00:09:09,924 --> 00:09:12,719 ♪ What's his color, do you care? ♪ 196 00:09:13,803 --> 00:09:15,555 ♪ Holy ♪ 197 00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:17,807 ♪ Holy, holy, holy ♪ 198 00:09:17,807 --> 00:09:20,268 ♪ Holy Moses can we live in peace? ♪ 199 00:09:20,268 --> 00:09:21,936 ♪ Lord help me know ♪ 200 00:09:21,936 --> 00:09:24,439 ♪ Holy, holy Moses ♪ 201 00:09:24,439 --> 00:09:26,691 ♪ Can we live in peace? ♪ 202 00:09:27,358 --> 00:09:28,318 ♪ My brother ♪ 203 00:09:28,318 --> 00:09:30,445 ♪ Holy Moses ♪ 204 00:09:31,362 --> 00:09:35,533 ♪ Can we live ♪ 205 00:09:38,036 --> 00:09:40,038 ♪ I wonder can we? ♪ 206 00:09:40,538 --> 00:09:41,623 ♪ Can we ♪ 207 00:09:41,623 --> 00:09:45,293 ♪ Can we live in peace? ♪ ♪ 208 00:09:52,008 --> 00:09:53,343 ARETHA: I'm writing a new song. 209 00:09:53,343 --> 00:09:54,677 JERRY: What's it called? 210 00:09:54,677 --> 00:09:56,096 ARETHA: I don't know yet but it's, 211 00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:57,680 it's going to hit you hard, 212 00:09:58,515 --> 00:10:00,892 get under your skin right down to the bone. 213 00:10:00,892 --> 00:10:03,061 CECIL: I'm loving it already. 214 00:10:03,061 --> 00:10:04,854 MAN: Right on. 215 00:10:05,355 --> 00:10:07,774 ARETHA: It's going to be a protest song. 216 00:10:07,774 --> 00:10:09,109 The message is going to be there but it's going 217 00:10:09,109 --> 00:10:10,985 to be quiet. 218 00:10:10,985 --> 00:10:12,654 It's going to be fun to dance to. 219 00:10:12,654 --> 00:10:13,696 KEN: Subversive. 220 00:10:13,696 --> 00:10:15,365 ARETHA: Yeah, that's right. 221 00:10:15,365 --> 00:10:17,700 KEN: Anybody aside from me follow what's going on over 222 00:10:17,700 --> 00:10:19,786 there in Soledad? 223 00:10:19,786 --> 00:10:21,871 ARETHA: Angela Davis speaking out? 224 00:10:21,871 --> 00:10:23,665 KING CURTIS: Cause the incarceration has been unjust 225 00:10:23,665 --> 00:10:27,752 and unwarranted from jump. 226 00:10:27,752 --> 00:10:29,754 ARETHA: Angela Davis has my vote. 227 00:10:29,754 --> 00:10:32,048 RUTH: Maybe you could do a concert at Folsom. 228 00:10:32,048 --> 00:10:34,134 Johnny Cash did and B. B. King is planning to do one. 229 00:10:34,134 --> 00:10:36,052 I also like that idea about the Fillmore. 230 00:10:36,052 --> 00:10:37,554 ARETHA: It's nice to know that the world doesn't 231 00:10:37,554 --> 00:10:40,056 turn off when the signer starts telling it like it is. 232 00:10:40,056 --> 00:10:43,143 I'd sing any gig. 233 00:10:43,143 --> 00:10:44,727 I miss the energy of the audience. 234 00:10:45,103 --> 00:10:46,229 RUTH: I'll work on it. 235 00:10:46,229 --> 00:10:47,689 JERRY: Okay. 236 00:10:47,689 --> 00:10:51,109 Just a reminder that music is a business, all right. 237 00:10:51,526 --> 00:10:53,611 What do you think pays for your vacation home? 238 00:10:53,611 --> 00:10:55,405 Or my boat in Miami? 239 00:10:55,405 --> 00:10:56,906 Hit records do. 240 00:10:56,906 --> 00:10:58,283 ARETHA: All right. 241 00:10:58,283 --> 00:11:00,451 So, my protest album's going to be a hit. 242 00:11:00,451 --> 00:11:01,494 JERRY: Okay. 243 00:11:01,494 --> 00:11:02,912 ARETHA: I'll tell you what, 244 00:11:02,912 --> 00:11:04,455 if you can't get your head around this concept album, 245 00:11:04,455 --> 00:11:06,499 Jerry, I, I'll produce it myself. 246 00:11:06,499 --> 00:11:09,502 JERRY: Okay. 247 00:11:09,752 --> 00:11:12,088 RUTH: Oh, oh, oh. 248 00:11:12,630 --> 00:11:15,675 KEN: You okay? 249 00:11:15,675 --> 00:11:17,093 ARETHA: Mm‐hmm. 250 00:11:17,093 --> 00:11:18,636 JERRY: I'm just trying to be the voice of reason, 251 00:11:18,636 --> 00:11:20,180 is that a crime? 252 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:22,348 ARETHA: Nope. 253 00:11:28,855 --> 00:11:31,149 JERRY: So, Ken, was it? 254 00:11:32,150 --> 00:11:34,694 You two talk politics a lot? 255 00:11:34,694 --> 00:11:36,237 KEN: Well, no, Mr. Wexler. 256 00:11:36,237 --> 00:11:38,615 I ain't putting no ideas in her head if that's what 257 00:11:38,615 --> 00:11:40,408 you was thinking. 258 00:11:41,701 --> 00:11:46,497 (overlapping chatter) 259 00:11:50,376 --> 00:11:53,963 (vomit) 260 00:12:13,316 --> 00:12:19,697 ♪ ♪ 261 00:12:36,881 --> 00:12:42,845 ♪ ♪ 262 00:12:48,393 --> 00:12:49,727 ARETHA: I'm going to call my album 263 00:12:49,727 --> 00:12:51,062 Young, Gifted and Black. 264 00:12:51,062 --> 00:12:52,647 RUTH: That's the title of Nina Simone's hit song. 265 00:12:52,647 --> 00:12:53,982 CECIL: And Hansberry's hit play. 266 00:12:53,982 --> 00:12:55,358 ARETHA: Mm‐hmm. 267 00:12:55,358 --> 00:12:57,360 JERRY: Okay, now you want to be like Nina Simone. 268 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:00,238 Can I remind everybody that Nina Simone is a head case? 269 00:13:00,238 --> 00:13:01,906 ARETHA: Can I remind you that Nina Simone fired 270 00:13:01,906 --> 00:13:03,032 her record label? 271 00:13:03,032 --> 00:13:04,450 You know why? 272 00:13:04,450 --> 00:13:05,660 Because she wanted to do what the hell she wanted to. 273 00:13:05,660 --> 00:13:08,830 And maybe I might fire you, Jerry, 274 00:13:08,830 --> 00:13:10,540 so I could do whatever the hell I want to do. 275 00:13:10,540 --> 00:13:13,209 Because, you know, you don't own me. 276 00:13:13,209 --> 00:13:17,046 You know that? 277 00:13:17,046 --> 00:13:18,631 Cause I'm free. 278 00:13:18,631 --> 00:13:20,091 JERRY: You're drunk. 279 00:13:20,091 --> 00:13:21,467 ARETHA: I'm free. 280 00:13:21,467 --> 00:13:23,011 You hear me? 281 00:13:23,011 --> 00:13:26,306 I am free. 282 00:13:26,556 --> 00:13:30,518 I'm free, God dammit, I'm free. 283 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:38,234 ♪ Your love, liftin' me higher ♪ 284 00:13:39,569 --> 00:13:42,530 ♪ Than I've ever been lifted before ♪ 285 00:13:44,407 --> 00:13:46,451 ♪ So keep it up ♪ 286 00:13:46,451 --> 00:13:48,202 ♪ Quench my desire ♪ 287 00:13:49,620 --> 00:13:53,041 ♪ And I'll be at your side forevermore ♪ 288 00:13:54,167 --> 00:13:55,501 ♪ You know your love ♪ 289 00:13:55,501 --> 00:13:56,919 ♪ Your love keeps liftin' me ♪ 290 00:13:56,919 --> 00:13:58,129 ♪ Keeps on liftin' ♪ 291 00:13:58,129 --> 00:13:59,756 ♪ Your love keeps liftin' me ♪ 292 00:13:59,756 --> 00:14:00,590 ♪ Higher ♪ 293 00:14:00,590 --> 00:14:01,758 ♪ Lifting me ♪ 294 00:14:01,758 --> 00:14:03,760 ♪ Higher and higher ♪ 295 00:14:04,385 --> 00:14:06,387 I said your love ♪ 296 00:14:06,387 --> 00:14:07,513 ♪ Your love keeps liftin' me ♪ 297 00:14:07,513 --> 00:14:08,973 ♪ Keep on ♪♪ 298 00:14:08,973 --> 00:14:10,391 NEWS ANCHOR (over TV): In response to events at the 299 00:14:10,391 --> 00:14:12,101 California prison where inmates have been charged with 300 00:14:12,101 --> 00:14:14,896 the retaliation killing of a prison guard, 301 00:14:15,688 --> 00:14:18,816 Professor Angela Davis has joined the Soledad Brothers 302 00:14:18,816 --> 00:14:21,778 Defense Committee to advocate for the negro prisoners. 303 00:14:23,321 --> 00:14:25,865 ANGELA (over TV): This demonstration was organized by 304 00:14:25,865 --> 00:14:29,994 the Soledad Brothers Defense Committee in order to 305 00:14:29,994 --> 00:14:33,164 bring to light, to the public, 306 00:14:34,499 --> 00:14:36,626 the face of the Soledad Brothers and 307 00:14:36,626 --> 00:14:41,297 in order to begin to move on changing the oppressive 308 00:14:41,297 --> 00:14:43,591 conditions in the penal system of the States. 309 00:14:50,723 --> 00:14:54,310 KEN: Well, you know the way to a man's heart, I see. 310 00:14:55,019 --> 00:14:57,313 ARETHA: So, you like my pig's feet ala Re. 311 00:14:57,313 --> 00:15:01,234 KEN: I must admit I've never been offered pig feet at a 312 00:15:01,234 --> 00:15:02,735 business meeting before. 313 00:15:02,735 --> 00:15:04,654 ARETHA: Well, see, you wanted to take me to Silvia's, 314 00:15:04,654 --> 00:15:07,490 and I say why go outside for something you can get at home. 315 00:15:10,993 --> 00:15:13,496 KEN: Now, I hope you don't mind me asking, 316 00:15:13,496 --> 00:15:15,206 who picks your songs? 317 00:15:15,540 --> 00:15:16,916 ARETHA: I do. 318 00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:18,668 I hear something I want, and I give the idea to the 319 00:15:18,668 --> 00:15:20,753 guys and I pick the musicians, 320 00:15:20,753 --> 00:15:22,088 I pick the singers, 321 00:15:22,088 --> 00:15:23,840 and Jerry has input too, so does Tom. 322 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,634 But I can't sing something I don't feel so I have to 323 00:15:26,634 --> 00:15:28,302 arrange it so I can feel it. 324 00:15:28,302 --> 00:15:31,055 KEN: Mmm, but what does the other guy do? 325 00:15:31,055 --> 00:15:32,807 ARETHA: Arif? KEN: Mm‐hmm. 326 00:15:32,807 --> 00:15:35,393 ARETHA: He's a producer, a great producer. 327 00:15:35,393 --> 00:15:38,354 KEN: Well, sounds like you're the producer, too. 328 00:15:38,354 --> 00:15:39,939 ARETHA: No, I'm the artist. 329 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:41,482 I'm the talent. 330 00:15:41,482 --> 00:15:43,151 KEN: Well, no, from what you just described it sounds like 331 00:15:43,151 --> 00:15:45,653 you're calling the shots, you're running the show, 332 00:15:45,653 --> 00:15:47,488 you're making the arrangements, 333 00:15:47,488 --> 00:15:48,656 you're setting up the music. 334 00:15:48,656 --> 00:15:51,450 You deserve a producer credit too, sugar. 335 00:15:51,450 --> 00:15:52,869 ARETHA: You're thinking what I'm thinking. 336 00:15:52,869 --> 00:15:55,997 KEN: Yeah, the movement starts at home with you, Re. 337 00:15:56,581 --> 00:15:58,916 You've got to claim your power. 338 00:15:58,916 --> 00:16:02,378 ARETHA: Well, all right, um, tomorrow... 339 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:04,213 KEN: Uh‐huh. 340 00:16:04,213 --> 00:16:05,506 ARETHA: I'm going to walk into Jerry's office. 341 00:16:05,506 --> 00:16:06,674 KEN: Okay. 342 00:16:06,674 --> 00:16:08,384 ARETHA: I'm going to roll up my sleeves. 343 00:16:08,384 --> 00:16:09,719 KEN: I can dig it. 344 00:16:09,719 --> 00:16:11,304 ARETHA: All right. I'm going to puff up my chest. 345 00:16:11,304 --> 00:16:13,347 KEN: Uh‐huh. ARETHA: And I will say Jerry. KEN: Yeah. 346 00:16:13,347 --> 00:16:14,682 ARETHA: I am a producer. 347 00:16:14,682 --> 00:16:16,934 Aretha Franklin is now a producer. 348 00:16:16,934 --> 00:16:18,144 KEN: Get down! 349 00:16:18,144 --> 00:16:19,478 ARETHA: Yes. 350 00:16:19,770 --> 00:16:21,814 KEN: I tell you; I would pay top dollar to be able 351 00:16:21,814 --> 00:16:23,858 to be in there to see them uppity honkey's face 352 00:16:23,858 --> 00:16:25,109 when you say that. 353 00:16:25,109 --> 00:16:26,652 ARETHA: Me too. 354 00:16:28,154 --> 00:16:30,198 KEN: That would be something, I tell you. 355 00:16:34,619 --> 00:16:38,372 Now, I try not to listen to everything I hear but the word 356 00:16:38,372 --> 00:16:40,416 is you're still married... 357 00:16:41,417 --> 00:16:43,878 ARETHA: Well, the word is wrong. I'm getting divorced. 358 00:16:44,629 --> 00:16:47,798 KEN: Well, the word is quite similar to my word because 359 00:16:47,798 --> 00:16:49,508 I'm getting a divorce, too. 360 00:16:49,508 --> 00:16:51,177 ARETHA: Oh, very good to know. 361 00:16:51,177 --> 00:16:53,137 KEN: That wouldn't stop anything now would it? 362 00:16:53,137 --> 00:16:55,431 ARETHA: Absolutely not. 363 00:16:55,431 --> 00:16:59,268 KEN: Well, I happen to be very, very serious, 364 00:17:00,519 --> 00:17:02,855 just so you know. 365 00:17:19,622 --> 00:17:21,749 BARBARA: You're my heart. ARETHA: And you're mine. 366 00:17:21,749 --> 00:17:24,085 BARBARA: Mmmm. Love you. 367 00:17:24,752 --> 00:17:27,672 ARETHA: Love you, too. Is it past my bedtime yet? 368 00:17:28,297 --> 00:17:29,715 BARBARA: Yes. 369 00:17:29,715 --> 00:17:31,884 Your brother and sisters are already in bed. 370 00:17:31,884 --> 00:17:33,761 Go on, head on upstairs. 371 00:17:33,761 --> 00:17:35,471 CL: Where's my favorite women folk who make me 372 00:17:35,471 --> 00:17:38,391 the most blessed man in the whole, wide world. 373 00:17:40,977 --> 00:17:42,645 I'll see you later. 374 00:17:43,479 --> 00:17:45,231 ARETHA: Are you planning your pastor's anniversary? 375 00:17:45,231 --> 00:17:48,568 CL: Yes, I am, with Sister Helen and a few others. 376 00:17:48,568 --> 00:17:51,279 It's not too bad for a little country preacher 377 00:17:51,279 --> 00:17:53,990 now running a big Detroit, Michigan church. 378 00:17:54,282 --> 00:17:56,075 BARBARA: New Bethel is blessed to have you. 379 00:17:56,075 --> 00:17:57,577 They've improved themselves quite a bit since 380 00:17:57,577 --> 00:17:58,703 you took over. 381 00:17:58,703 --> 00:18:00,288 CL: Indeed, they have. 382 00:18:00,288 --> 00:18:02,373 I'll see you later. 383 00:18:02,623 --> 00:18:05,668 You going to wait up for me? 384 00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:07,295 I'll have something for you. 385 00:18:07,587 --> 00:18:08,796 Little Re, I'll see you later. 386 00:18:08,796 --> 00:18:10,298 ARETHA: Bye, Daddy. 387 00:18:11,007 --> 00:18:12,758 Can I stay up 'til Daddy comes back? 388 00:18:12,758 --> 00:18:14,135 BARBARA: He won't be back until late. 389 00:18:14,135 --> 00:18:15,845 (horn honking). 390 00:18:16,387 --> 00:18:18,055 (dog barking). 391 00:18:18,055 --> 00:18:19,432 ARETHA: But can I wait up with you? 392 00:18:19,432 --> 00:18:21,517 BARBARA: I'd like that. 393 00:18:41,078 --> 00:18:44,373 ♪ ♪ 394 00:18:44,373 --> 00:18:46,375 ARETHA: What's Daddy doing? 395 00:18:47,668 --> 00:18:49,253 BARBARA: Oh. 396 00:19:07,605 --> 00:19:10,524 (torn cloth) 397 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:13,361 ARETHA: Mommy? Mom? 398 00:19:20,368 --> 00:19:21,786 ERMA: Mommy, can I help you? 399 00:19:21,786 --> 00:19:24,038 BARBARA: No, sweetie, just sit down and stay quiet. 400 00:19:24,038 --> 00:19:24,955 CAROLYN: Where are we going? 401 00:19:24,955 --> 00:19:26,123 ARETHA: Stay quiet I said. 402 00:19:26,123 --> 00:19:27,625 CAROLYN: Is Daddy coming with us? 403 00:19:27,625 --> 00:19:29,460 BARBARA: No, and we going to be gone before he gets here. 404 00:19:29,460 --> 00:19:31,253 ARETHA: How come we have to be gone before Daddy comes back? 405 00:19:31,253 --> 00:19:33,297 BARBARA: I said hush. 406 00:19:34,131 --> 00:19:35,508 CECIL: Mommy! 407 00:19:35,508 --> 00:19:37,468 CAROLYN: What is happening? 408 00:19:37,468 --> 00:19:38,886 BARBARA: Shh. 409 00:19:38,886 --> 00:19:40,471 ERMA: Come here. 410 00:19:40,805 --> 00:19:42,390 Carolyn. 411 00:19:42,390 --> 00:19:44,183 CAROLYN: What is... 412 00:19:45,810 --> 00:19:48,104 CL: What the hell is going on here? 413 00:19:48,104 --> 00:19:50,272 What are you doing? 414 00:19:50,272 --> 00:19:52,149 Where the hell she taking you? 415 00:19:52,149 --> 00:19:54,527 You ain't going to answer me? 416 00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:57,655 BARBARA: I'm tired of washing your dirty laundry, Frank. 417 00:19:57,655 --> 00:20:00,408 Tired of making sure your mess looks clean. 418 00:20:00,741 --> 00:20:02,910 Going to live with my sister and I'm taking 419 00:20:02,910 --> 00:20:04,286 the children with me. 420 00:20:04,286 --> 00:20:07,123 CL: You don't like me spending time with Sister Helen? 421 00:20:07,123 --> 00:20:10,084 She, she just my secretary. 422 00:20:10,084 --> 00:20:12,253 BARBARA: Your tongue ought to be forked you lie so much. 423 00:20:12,253 --> 00:20:15,506 You made a vow to me when Aretha Louise was born. 424 00:20:16,006 --> 00:20:18,342 CL: Yelling, for what, so that all the neighborhood 425 00:20:18,342 --> 00:20:19,385 can hear you? 426 00:20:19,385 --> 00:20:20,678 BARBARA: I don't care who hears me! 427 00:20:20,678 --> 00:20:22,346 CL: You just need us to be a storybook family, 428 00:20:22,346 --> 00:20:23,764 that' ain't who we are, baby. 429 00:20:23,764 --> 00:20:25,182 BARBARA: Don't put that on me. 430 00:20:25,182 --> 00:20:27,935 It is Pastor Franklin who needs to look good or else 431 00:20:27,935 --> 00:20:29,770 you'd get run out of town. 432 00:20:29,770 --> 00:20:31,397 You're going to lose your church. 433 00:20:31,397 --> 00:20:33,023 Just like in Memphis. 434 00:20:33,023 --> 00:20:34,942 They going to kick you out and you're going to have 435 00:20:34,942 --> 00:20:36,861 to leave town again with your tail between your 436 00:20:36,861 --> 00:20:38,738 legs dragging your family behind you. 437 00:20:38,988 --> 00:20:40,156 CL: Shout it, girl, shout it! 438 00:20:40,156 --> 00:20:41,323 Yeah, shout it. 439 00:20:41,323 --> 00:20:42,616 You like everybody to hear you, why, 440 00:20:42,616 --> 00:20:44,118 why don't you run down the street shouting. 441 00:20:44,118 --> 00:20:46,579 Come on, run down the street shouting, yeah, yeah, yeah. 442 00:20:46,871 --> 00:20:49,874 Hey, everybody, hey, hey. 443 00:20:49,874 --> 00:20:52,126 You done took a stand. 444 00:20:52,126 --> 00:20:54,211 You take your children, but did you ever stop and think 445 00:20:54,211 --> 00:20:56,005 about how you going to provide for them children? 446 00:20:56,005 --> 00:20:58,007 You ain't got no money, you ain't got no job, 447 00:20:58,007 --> 00:21:01,844 you ain't got no home, you ain't got no Goddamn sense. 448 00:21:02,970 --> 00:21:05,473 BARBARA: You broke my heart. 449 00:21:05,473 --> 00:21:07,016 And I won't let you treat me like this, 450 00:21:07,016 --> 00:21:08,142 and I won't let the children... 451 00:21:08,142 --> 00:21:09,435 CL: If you think... BARBARA: Quit it. 452 00:21:09,435 --> 00:21:11,812 CL: That I would let you take my damn children? 453 00:21:11,812 --> 00:21:12,897 Never! 454 00:21:12,897 --> 00:21:14,106 Put that down. 455 00:21:14,106 --> 00:21:15,232 CHILDREN: No. Mommy! 456 00:21:15,232 --> 00:21:16,484 CL: Put that down. 457 00:21:16,484 --> 00:21:18,068 BARBARA: No! No! 458 00:21:18,068 --> 00:21:19,779 CHILDREN: Mommy, Daddy. 459 00:21:19,779 --> 00:21:21,113 Mommy! 460 00:21:21,113 --> 00:21:22,531 CL: Put them clothes down! 461 00:21:22,531 --> 00:21:25,826 (screaming). 462 00:21:25,826 --> 00:21:28,287 CL: No, no, no. 463 00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:29,622 ARETHA: Leave me alone. 464 00:21:29,622 --> 00:21:31,582 CL: No, no, no. 465 00:21:31,582 --> 00:21:37,546 (screaming and crying). 466 00:21:37,922 --> 00:21:39,173 CL: Stop that crying. 467 00:21:43,636 --> 00:21:45,971 Leave her be, leave her be. 468 00:21:45,971 --> 00:21:48,015 ARETHA: Let go of me. 469 00:21:48,015 --> 00:21:49,892 Let go of me. 470 00:21:49,892 --> 00:21:51,644 CL: Stop that crying! 471 00:21:52,061 --> 00:21:54,230 Or I'm going to give you something to cry about. 472 00:21:54,230 --> 00:21:55,648 Stop that crying. 473 00:21:55,648 --> 00:21:57,399 BARBARA: I've got to leave your father. 474 00:21:57,399 --> 00:21:58,651 I can't live otherwise. 475 00:21:58,651 --> 00:22:00,402 ARETHA: Take my hand. 476 00:22:00,402 --> 00:22:02,071 BARBARA: I would never leave you all, 477 00:22:02,071 --> 00:22:04,323 I would never leave my babies ever. 478 00:22:04,323 --> 00:22:06,408 CL: Go on, go on. 479 00:22:07,076 --> 00:22:10,079 BARBARA: Don't you ever just wait for something bad 480 00:22:10,079 --> 00:22:11,205 to turn good. 481 00:22:11,205 --> 00:22:13,374 CL: Go on. 482 00:22:13,791 --> 00:22:16,168 (crying). 483 00:22:19,421 --> 00:22:24,301 ARETHA: Mommy! Mommy! CL: Stop that crying. 484 00:22:25,970 --> 00:22:28,013 ARETHA: Mommy. 485 00:22:29,139 --> 00:22:32,226 (crying). 486 00:22:33,686 --> 00:22:40,109 ARETHA: Mommy. Don't leave. Come back. 487 00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:46,949 ♪ Say it loud ♪ 488 00:22:46,949 --> 00:22:48,492 ♪ I'm black and I'm proud ♪ 489 00:22:49,743 --> 00:22:51,203 ♪ Say it loud ♪ 490 00:22:51,203 --> 00:22:53,080 ♪ I'm black and I'm proud ♪ 491 00:22:53,789 --> 00:22:56,792 ♪ Well, some people say we've got a lot of malice ♪ 492 00:22:56,792 --> 00:22:58,335 ♪ Some say it's a lot of nerve ♪ 493 00:22:58,335 --> 00:23:00,796 ♪ But I say we won't quit moving until we get ♪ 494 00:23:00,796 --> 00:23:02,756 ♪ What we deserve ♪ 495 00:23:02,756 --> 00:23:05,384 ♪ We've been 'buked and ♪♪ 496 00:23:05,384 --> 00:23:07,386 ARETHA: James Baldwin. KEN: Mm‐hmm. 497 00:23:07,386 --> 00:23:10,431 ARETHA: Zora Neale Hurston. KEN: Yup. 498 00:23:10,431 --> 00:23:11,807 ARETHA: Frantz. KEN: Fanon. 499 00:23:11,807 --> 00:23:13,142 ARETHA: Fanon? KEN: Uh‐huh. 500 00:23:13,142 --> 00:23:15,728 ARETHA: Frantz Fanon, and Lorraine Hansberry. 501 00:23:15,728 --> 00:23:17,730 KEN: These are some of the essentials. 502 00:23:17,730 --> 00:23:20,524 ARETHA: I'm be a scholar and a revolutionary. 503 00:23:21,984 --> 00:23:23,485 KEN: Right on, sister. 504 00:23:23,485 --> 00:23:24,737 I'll get you some more books. 505 00:23:24,737 --> 00:23:25,905 ARETHA: Thank you. 506 00:23:27,031 --> 00:23:28,532 CAROLYN: You didn't have time to come with me to the 507 00:23:28,532 --> 00:23:29,950 Gay Pride March. 508 00:23:29,950 --> 00:23:32,244 That's all cool but now you up here trying to save 509 00:23:32,244 --> 00:23:35,039 the world and you've been AWOL in the studio. 510 00:23:35,039 --> 00:23:36,749 ARETHA: And I didn't write your liner notes 511 00:23:36,749 --> 00:23:38,125 for your record. 512 00:23:38,125 --> 00:23:40,002 CAROLYN: Daddy wrote them, they turned out great. 513 00:23:40,002 --> 00:23:42,046 ARETHA: I'm sorry. 514 00:23:42,046 --> 00:23:43,672 Really. 515 00:23:44,006 --> 00:23:45,799 MAN: Welcome to Harlem, Queen. 516 00:23:45,799 --> 00:23:48,135 Can I get your autograph? 517 00:23:48,135 --> 00:23:49,595 ARETHA: Yeah, of course you can. 518 00:23:49,595 --> 00:23:53,432 You've got two Franklin sisters for the price of one. 519 00:23:53,891 --> 00:23:55,017 Have a good day now. 520 00:23:55,017 --> 00:23:56,060 MAN: You too. 521 00:23:56,602 --> 00:23:58,646 ARETHA: Thank you. 522 00:23:59,146 --> 00:24:00,814 (crowd chatter). 523 00:24:00,814 --> 00:24:02,358 OFFICER (over speaker): Detroit PD, step out of the car 524 00:24:02,358 --> 00:24:03,943 CL: Now, you know this is an illegal search. 525 00:24:03,943 --> 00:24:05,319 Come on now, this is an illegal search. 526 00:24:05,319 --> 00:24:06,737 OFFICER: You ran a stop sign. 527 00:24:06,737 --> 00:24:07,780 CL: Ya'll need to call somebody and you ain't need to 528 00:24:07,780 --> 00:24:08,739 come here and get me. 529 00:24:08,739 --> 00:24:09,865 What did I do? 530 00:24:09,865 --> 00:24:11,367 OFFICER: Keep your hands visible, sir. 531 00:24:11,367 --> 00:24:13,661 CL: It's because I'm, it's because I'm CL Franklin, huh, 532 00:24:13,661 --> 00:24:15,829 Aretha Franklin's father you going to do that to me. 533 00:24:16,372 --> 00:24:17,915 This is ridiculous. 534 00:24:17,915 --> 00:24:19,959 Oh, see now you done planted that. 535 00:24:19,959 --> 00:24:21,377 You done planted that. 536 00:24:21,377 --> 00:24:23,963 You don't never want to see a black person succeed. 537 00:24:23,963 --> 00:24:26,131 You're always trying to drag us down. 538 00:24:26,131 --> 00:24:27,633 You know this ain't right. 539 00:24:27,633 --> 00:24:29,551 JERRY: I, I like your haircut. It suits you. 540 00:24:29,551 --> 00:24:30,886 ARETHA: Thank you. 541 00:24:30,886 --> 00:24:33,013 JERRY: But you've been AWOL for two whole months. 542 00:24:34,223 --> 00:24:35,975 ARETHA: I've been dealing with family stuff. 543 00:24:35,975 --> 00:24:37,643 My dad was in jail, I had to bail him out. 544 00:24:37,643 --> 00:24:39,353 JERRY: Yeah, I heard. 545 00:24:39,353 --> 00:24:40,813 ARETHA: Black people everywhere from my, 546 00:24:40,813 --> 00:24:42,439 my father to the Soledad Brothers are under the thumb 547 00:24:42,439 --> 00:24:44,274 of a system that's completely rigged. 548 00:24:44,274 --> 00:24:46,610 That's what I've been focusing on. 549 00:24:49,238 --> 00:24:51,073 JERRY: The hypocrisy of justice, 550 00:24:51,073 --> 00:24:53,575 black folks can't get a fair shake. 551 00:24:53,575 --> 00:24:55,369 I hear ya. 552 00:24:55,369 --> 00:24:56,996 Is your dad going to be all right? 553 00:24:56,996 --> 00:24:58,998 ARETHA: He always lands on his feet. 554 00:24:58,998 --> 00:25:03,460 JERRY: You know, supporting Dr. King was one thing but 555 00:25:03,460 --> 00:25:06,839 I don't know, these times feel more risky. 556 00:25:08,799 --> 00:25:11,635 You know, Nina recorded "Mississippi God Damn", 557 00:25:11,635 --> 00:25:15,222 a great song, but then the radio stations boycotted her, 558 00:25:15,222 --> 00:25:17,725 and the people went into the record stores and they smashed 559 00:25:17,725 --> 00:25:19,935 her albums to bits. 560 00:25:20,477 --> 00:25:22,438 ARETHA: I'm not drinking. 561 00:25:25,482 --> 00:25:28,318 Look, make me a producer on my new album. 562 00:25:28,318 --> 00:25:30,404 Let the world, everywhere, read in the trades that 563 00:25:30,404 --> 00:25:34,074 Atlantic has named Aretha Franklin a producer on 564 00:25:34,074 --> 00:25:36,452 Young, Gifted and Black. 565 00:25:37,745 --> 00:25:39,204 JERRY: Okay. 566 00:25:39,204 --> 00:25:40,956 I'll think about that. 567 00:25:40,956 --> 00:25:43,834 But three sessions in a row I organized for you on 568 00:25:43,834 --> 00:25:46,336 dates that you chose, and you missed them all. 569 00:25:47,171 --> 00:25:49,256 And last year you were a no show in Las Vegas 570 00:25:49,256 --> 00:25:51,633 at Caesar's Palace for crying out loud. 571 00:25:51,633 --> 00:25:54,136 And how much did that cost you? 572 00:25:54,136 --> 00:25:56,680 100‐grand, 100‐grand. 573 00:25:57,139 --> 00:25:59,224 And Ruth says she's got to jump through hoops to book 574 00:25:59,224 --> 00:26:01,477 you cause people say you are a problem. 575 00:26:01,477 --> 00:26:02,853 ARETHA: People are just bad mouthing me to try and 576 00:26:02,853 --> 00:26:04,229 keep me in my place. 577 00:26:04,229 --> 00:26:05,647 JERRY: And what are you doing to prove them wrong? 578 00:26:05,647 --> 00:26:07,357 ARETHA: Give me a real seat at the table and I can 579 00:26:07,357 --> 00:26:08,859 show you how I can prove them wrong. 580 00:26:08,859 --> 00:26:11,195 JERRY: Aretha, you're out there acting like a hot head. 581 00:26:11,195 --> 00:26:13,113 You're worrying about these young men in jail when you 582 00:26:13,113 --> 00:26:15,240 should be worrying about the bottom line. 583 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,576 In, in what universe are you a producer? 584 00:26:17,576 --> 00:26:19,078 ARETHA: I do all the work. 585 00:26:19,078 --> 00:26:20,704 JERRY: You don't know half of what I do. 586 00:26:20,704 --> 00:26:22,664 ARETHA: Well, I do know that I deserve more credit and 587 00:26:22,664 --> 00:26:24,374 that you are standing in my way. 588 00:26:24,374 --> 00:26:27,169 JERRY: I'm standing, I'm... 589 00:26:27,753 --> 00:26:31,965 Look, I'm glad you're laying off the sauce and I'm very 590 00:26:31,965 --> 00:26:33,550 glad you're back. 591 00:26:33,550 --> 00:26:35,844 ARETHA: But you like me better when I'm drinking, don't you? 592 00:26:35,844 --> 00:26:38,305 JERRY: No, I don't. And that's not fair. 593 00:26:38,305 --> 00:26:40,307 ARETHA: If I don't get what I need from you, 594 00:26:40,307 --> 00:26:44,019 I'm going to find a way to get it myself. 595 00:26:44,353 --> 00:26:46,563 I'm gonna do what I gotta do. 596 00:26:52,319 --> 00:26:57,407 ♪ ♪ 597 00:27:07,334 --> 00:27:09,253 ♪ Rock steady, baby ♪ 598 00:27:09,253 --> 00:27:11,797 ♪ That's what I feel now ♪ 599 00:27:12,297 --> 00:27:15,551 ♪ Let's call this song exactly what it is ♪ 600 00:27:16,802 --> 00:27:18,262 ♪ Step and move your hips ♪ 601 00:27:18,262 --> 00:27:20,639 ♪ With a feelin' from side to side ♪ 602 00:27:21,431 --> 00:27:24,268 ♪ Sit yourself down in your car and take a ride ♪ 603 00:27:25,018 --> 00:27:27,354 ♪ And while you're moving, rock steady ♪ 604 00:27:28,105 --> 00:27:30,816 ♪ Rock steady, baby ♪ 605 00:27:30,816 --> 00:27:33,402 ♪ Let's call this song exactly what it is ♪ 606 00:27:34,069 --> 00:27:35,779 ♪ What it is, what it is, what it is ♪ 607 00:27:35,779 --> 00:27:37,072 ♪ It's a funky and lowdown feeling ♪ 608 00:27:37,072 --> 00:27:38,407 ♪ What it is ♪ 609 00:27:38,407 --> 00:27:39,283 ♪ Move your hips from left to right ♪ 610 00:27:39,283 --> 00:27:40,534 ♪ What it is ♪ 611 00:27:40,534 --> 00:27:41,743 ♪ What it is, is I might be doin' ♪ 612 00:27:41,743 --> 00:27:44,872 ♪ This funky dance all night, ah ♪ 613 00:27:44,872 --> 00:27:46,999 ♪ Put your hands up in the air ♪ 614 00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:48,834 ♪ Got a feelin' you ain't got a care ♪ 615 00:27:48,834 --> 00:27:51,336 ♪ Wouldn't you wanna take this burn? ♪ 616 00:27:51,336 --> 00:27:53,255 ♪ That sail us all inside ♪ 617 00:27:53,505 --> 00:27:56,216 ♪ Rock steady, rock steady baby ♪ 618 00:27:57,885 --> 00:28:00,971 ♪ Rock steady, rock steady baby ♪ ♪ 619 00:28:06,643 --> 00:28:11,273 ♪ ♪ 620 00:28:12,024 --> 00:28:14,067 ♪ Jump and move your hips with a feelin' from ♪ 621 00:28:14,067 --> 00:28:16,194 ♪ side to side ♪ 622 00:28:16,194 --> 00:28:18,822 ♪ Sit yourself down in your car and take a ride ♪ 623 00:28:19,948 --> 00:28:22,284 And while you're movin', rock steady ♪ 624 00:28:22,993 --> 00:28:25,287 ♪ Rock steady, baby ♪ 625 00:28:25,287 --> 00:28:28,081 ♪ Let's call this song exactly what it is ♪ 626 00:28:28,749 --> 00:28:30,167 ♪ What it is, what it is, what it is ♪ 627 00:28:30,167 --> 00:28:31,710 ♪ It's a funky and lowdown feelin' ♪ 628 00:28:31,710 --> 00:28:33,045 ♪ What it is ♪ 629 00:28:33,045 --> 00:28:34,046 ♪ Move your hips from left to right ♪ 630 00:28:34,046 --> 00:28:35,339 ♪ What it is ♪ 631 00:28:35,339 --> 00:28:36,548 ♪ What it is, is I might be doin' ♪ 632 00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:39,718 ♪ This funky dance all night, ah ♪ 633 00:28:39,718 --> 00:28:41,511 ♪ Put your hands up in the air ♪ 634 00:28:41,511 --> 00:28:43,722 ♪ Got a feelin' you ain't got a care ♪ 635 00:28:43,722 --> 00:28:45,974 ♪ Wouldn't you want to take this burn? ♪ 636 00:28:45,974 --> 00:28:47,643 ♪ That sail us all inside ♪ 637 00:28:50,395 --> 00:28:52,356 ♪ Rock steady, baby ♪ 638 00:28:52,898 --> 00:28:55,734 ♪ Rock steady, baby, rock steady ♪ ♪ 639 00:28:59,696 --> 00:29:05,452 ♪ ♪ 640 00:29:15,712 --> 00:29:17,089 ♪ Rock ♪ 641 00:29:17,631 --> 00:29:18,840 ♪ Steady ♪ 642 00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:20,926 ♪ Rock ♪ 643 00:29:21,885 --> 00:29:23,011 ♪ Steady ♪ 644 00:29:23,804 --> 00:29:25,097 ♪ What it is ♪ 645 00:29:25,097 --> 00:29:26,431 ♪ It's a funky and lowdown feelin' ♪ 646 00:29:26,431 --> 00:29:28,517 ♪ Move your hips from left to right ♪ 647 00:29:28,517 --> 00:29:30,978 ♪ What it is, is I might be doin' ♪ 648 00:29:30,978 --> 00:29:33,438 ♪ This funky dance all night, ah ♪ 649 00:29:34,815 --> 00:29:36,149 ♪ Put your hands up in the air ♪ 650 00:29:36,149 --> 00:29:37,859 ♪ Got a feelin' you ain't got a care ♪ 651 00:29:37,859 --> 00:29:40,278 ♪ Wouldn't you want to take this burn? ♪ 652 00:29:40,278 --> 00:29:42,864 ♪ That sail us all inside ♪ 653 00:29:42,864 --> 00:29:45,367 ♪ Rock steady, steady baby ♪ 654 00:29:46,660 --> 00:29:47,619 ♪ Rock ♪ 655 00:29:48,954 --> 00:29:50,539 ♪ Rock steady, baby ♪ 656 00:29:51,248 --> 00:29:53,000 ♪ Baby ♪ 657 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:54,167 ♪ What it is ♪♪ 658 00:29:54,167 --> 00:29:55,669 ERMA: Okay, say something, Re, or give me. 659 00:29:55,669 --> 00:29:57,045 BARBARA (over phone): Baby tell Mommy 660 00:29:57,045 --> 00:29:58,755 about your piano playing or your singing. 661 00:29:58,755 --> 00:30:00,632 Has your father let you solo in church yet? 662 00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:02,175 ERMA (over phone): She ain't soloed yet, Mom. 663 00:30:02,175 --> 00:30:04,136 Give it to me, say something. 664 00:30:04,136 --> 00:30:05,554 CECIL: I want my turn. 665 00:30:05,554 --> 00:30:06,972 ARETHA: I miss you, Mommy. 666 00:30:06,972 --> 00:30:08,348 Big Momma pressed my hair. 667 00:30:08,348 --> 00:30:10,559 BARBARA: Aretha Louise, I bet you look so pretty. 668 00:30:11,226 --> 00:30:13,979 ERMA: Do you like living in Buffalo better than Detroit? 669 00:30:13,979 --> 00:30:16,064 BARBARA: Erma, you ask me that every week. 670 00:30:16,064 --> 00:30:17,357 ERMA: Well, then how come you're staying there if 671 00:30:17,357 --> 00:30:18,275 you don't like it? 672 00:30:18,275 --> 00:30:19,484 CECIL: Oh. 673 00:30:19,484 --> 00:30:20,777 CAROLYN: Cecil. 674 00:30:20,777 --> 00:30:22,612 CECIL: Will you come home for spring so we can 675 00:30:22,612 --> 00:30:24,114 have a picnic? 676 00:30:24,114 --> 00:30:25,949 CAROLYN: Or we could go to a ballgame! 677 00:30:25,949 --> 00:30:27,576 ARETHA: Give it to me. 678 00:30:27,576 --> 00:30:29,202 ERMA: I'm the older one. 679 00:30:29,202 --> 00:30:32,122 ARETHA: I can hear you breathing, Mommy. 680 00:30:32,122 --> 00:30:34,166 BARBARA: I hear you too, baby. 681 00:30:34,166 --> 00:30:35,584 ERMA (over phone): Well, we love you, Mommy. 682 00:30:35,584 --> 00:30:37,502 Okay? 683 00:30:37,502 --> 00:30:39,171 CAROLYN: Lots and lots! CECIL: We love you, a lot. CAROLYN: Love you more! 684 00:30:39,755 --> 00:30:41,423 BIG MOMMA: We'll speak with you next week, honey. 685 00:30:41,423 --> 00:30:42,716 BARBARA (over phone): Yes, ma'am. 686 00:30:42,716 --> 00:30:43,925 BIG MOMMA: All right, goodbye. 687 00:30:43,925 --> 00:30:45,469 ARETHA: Love you, Mommy. 688 00:30:49,806 --> 00:30:52,225 I want to go live with Mommy in Buffalo. 689 00:30:52,476 --> 00:30:53,643 CL: You already live here, baby. 690 00:30:53,643 --> 00:30:54,770 ARETHA: You're not being fair. 691 00:30:54,770 --> 00:30:58,023 CL: The world ain't fair, Aretha. 692 00:31:09,284 --> 00:31:13,246 ♪ ♪ 693 00:31:14,372 --> 00:31:15,540 ARETHA: Could I get a glass of water? 694 00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:16,708 MAN: Yes, ma'am. Just water? 695 00:31:16,708 --> 00:31:18,585 ARETHA: Mm‐hmm. Thank you, honey. 696 00:31:18,585 --> 00:31:21,838 ♪ It's getting to the point where I'm no ♪♪ 697 00:31:21,838 --> 00:31:23,507 MAN: Hey, hey, take our photo here. 698 00:31:23,507 --> 00:31:26,635 Oh, oh, better yet let's get all four of you together. 699 00:31:26,927 --> 00:31:29,304 MAN: Great, there we go. 700 00:31:32,057 --> 00:31:34,392 Great, thank you. 701 00:31:35,060 --> 00:31:36,436 MAN 2: That's something you don't see every day, huh? 702 00:31:37,813 --> 00:31:39,272 JERRY: Thanks for being here. 703 00:31:39,272 --> 00:31:42,025 ARETHA: I'm trying to show up in more ways than one. 704 00:31:42,025 --> 00:31:45,529 Nobody like me seems to have come. 705 00:31:45,862 --> 00:31:47,531 JERRY: Yeah, well, these industry parties are 706 00:31:47,531 --> 00:31:48,657 boring as hell. 707 00:31:48,657 --> 00:31:49,991 But if you'd have ditched it, 708 00:31:49,991 --> 00:31:51,785 it might not look like we were on the same team. 709 00:31:51,785 --> 00:31:53,703 ARETHA: Well, maybe we're not. 710 00:31:54,538 --> 00:31:56,331 MAN: Congratulations, Arif. 711 00:31:56,331 --> 00:31:57,749 Well‐deserved producer credit. 712 00:31:57,749 --> 00:31:58,959 MAN 2: "Don't Play that Song" 713 00:31:58,959 --> 00:31:59,960 wouldn't have that sound wouldn't have that sound 714 00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:01,002 without your touch. 715 00:32:01,002 --> 00:32:02,129 MAN: Plus "Spirit in the Dark", 716 00:32:02,129 --> 00:32:03,588 the whole album is brilliant. 717 00:32:03,588 --> 00:32:06,007 Beautiful singing, Ms. Franklin, as always. 718 00:32:06,007 --> 00:32:08,343 MAN: She's the magic touch, made it timeless. 719 00:32:08,343 --> 00:32:10,303 ARIF: Well, I wasn't in there alone, guys. 720 00:32:10,303 --> 00:32:13,098 I mean Jerry was in there with me. 721 00:32:13,098 --> 00:32:14,850 MAN: Come on, man. 722 00:32:14,850 --> 00:32:16,810 MAN 2: We heard the roughs for "Border Song". 723 00:32:16,810 --> 00:32:18,728 MAN 3: The sound you got with the keys. 724 00:32:18,728 --> 00:32:21,565 MAN 4: We heard you put an empty pizza box on top 725 00:32:21,565 --> 00:32:23,066 of a piano. 726 00:32:23,066 --> 00:32:25,569 ARETHA: That was my idea. 727 00:32:25,569 --> 00:32:27,445 MAN: Wow, great. 728 00:32:27,445 --> 00:32:29,948 And "Rock Steady," it's really hot. 729 00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:33,368 ARETHA: Where's my producer credit, Jerry? 730 00:32:33,368 --> 00:32:36,663 JERRY: You're talent, you're, you're the artist. 731 00:32:36,663 --> 00:32:38,748 No artist gets producer credit. 732 00:32:38,748 --> 00:32:41,293 Not The Who, not The Stones, not even The Beatles. 733 00:32:41,293 --> 00:32:42,586 MAN: It just isn't done. 734 00:32:42,586 --> 00:32:44,588 ARETHA: You full of shit. 735 00:32:45,172 --> 00:32:47,382 I'm the type of person that brings people together. 736 00:32:47,382 --> 00:32:49,426 I don't divide them. 737 00:32:49,426 --> 00:32:51,887 So, why am I being left out on the outside? 738 00:32:52,429 --> 00:32:54,848 JERRY: I can't give you something just because 739 00:32:54,848 --> 00:32:56,850 you want it. 740 00:32:56,850 --> 00:33:00,228 This is the world, okay, I can't change the rules. 741 00:33:00,228 --> 00:33:02,522 ARETHA: You want me to think that you hear me. 742 00:33:02,522 --> 00:33:04,566 You want me to think that you care. 743 00:33:04,566 --> 00:33:06,276 JERRY: I do. 744 00:33:06,276 --> 00:33:10,363 ARETHA: But you don't, not really, not for real. 745 00:33:11,114 --> 00:33:15,785 ♪ There's something inside is telling me that I ♪♪ 746 00:33:16,912 --> 00:33:19,873 JERRY: Would you like something to drink? 747 00:33:19,873 --> 00:33:21,750 ARETHA: I'm not drinking. 748 00:33:23,293 --> 00:33:25,921 ♪ Fear is the lock ♪ 749 00:33:25,921 --> 00:33:29,716 ♪ And laughter the key to your heart ♪♪ 750 00:33:32,719 --> 00:33:38,642 (flash bulbs) 751 00:33:49,903 --> 00:33:52,781 ♪ ♪ 752 00:33:52,781 --> 00:33:54,950 ♪ Gotta change around here ♪ 753 00:33:56,326 --> 00:33:59,329 ♪ Gotta change around here ♪ 754 00:34:00,121 --> 00:34:02,540 ♪ Can't go on this way ♪ 755 00:34:04,042 --> 00:34:06,711 ♪ Things gotta change around here ♪ 756 00:34:08,088 --> 00:34:09,714 ♪ Say it loud ♪ 757 00:34:09,714 --> 00:34:11,216 ARETHA (over PA): A young man, George Jackson, 758 00:34:11,216 --> 00:34:13,426 was thrown into jail on a trumped‐up charge. 759 00:34:13,426 --> 00:34:15,387 His kid brother, Jonathan, does everything he can to get 760 00:34:15,387 --> 00:34:17,722 him a fair trial but the world just ain't fair for us. 761 00:34:18,098 --> 00:34:19,349 WOMAN: Amen! 762 00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:22,269 ARETHA (over PA): They said George stole $70.00 from a gas station. 763 00:34:22,269 --> 00:34:24,354 And after years of not being granted parole, 764 00:34:24,354 --> 00:34:27,107 they accused George of killing a prison guard. 765 00:34:27,899 --> 00:34:29,317 MAN: That ain't right. 766 00:34:29,317 --> 00:34:30,944 ARETHA (over PA): So, he gets locked up for life. 767 00:34:30,944 --> 00:34:32,946 What does his little brother Jonathan do? 768 00:34:33,571 --> 00:34:34,990 JONATHAN: Freeze. 769 00:34:35,824 --> 00:34:38,743 My brother, George, is locked up for no good reason. 770 00:34:39,494 --> 00:34:41,246 ARETHA: He smuggles guns into a courthouse demanding 771 00:34:41,246 --> 00:34:43,498 justice and gets killed. 772 00:34:44,457 --> 00:34:46,835 Other folks were killed, too. 773 00:34:47,294 --> 00:34:49,546 ♪ What good is freedom? ♪ 774 00:34:49,546 --> 00:34:51,047 ♪ If we haven't learned ♪♪ 775 00:34:51,047 --> 00:34:53,883 ARETHA: Change is not going to come, it's already here. 776 00:34:56,553 --> 00:34:58,513 Angela was trying to help the Soledad Brothers and 777 00:34:58,513 --> 00:35:00,265 now I'm trying to help Angela. 778 00:35:00,265 --> 00:35:02,392 She was charged with murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy. 779 00:35:02,809 --> 00:35:06,688 And I'm here in support of inmate number 02G0964. 780 00:35:08,565 --> 00:35:10,525 You know her as Professor Angela Davis. 781 00:35:10,859 --> 00:35:12,193 REPORTER: You're joining her legal defense team? 782 00:35:12,193 --> 00:35:13,528 ARETHA: I'm offering to post her bail. 783 00:35:13,528 --> 00:35:14,946 REPORTER: You'll contribute to her legal fund? 784 00:35:14,946 --> 00:35:16,072 ARETHA (over PA): I'll do anything I can to help. 785 00:35:16,072 --> 00:35:17,824 REPORTER: Do you believe in communism? 786 00:35:17,824 --> 00:35:19,200 REPORTER 2: Are you suggesting we riot against the establishment? 787 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:20,994 ARETHA (over PA): I beleve in freedom. 788 00:35:20,994 --> 00:35:23,121 And I believe in the right of black people to assert their rights. 789 00:35:23,121 --> 00:35:24,497 Angela Davis must go free. 790 00:35:24,497 --> 00:35:26,875 Black people will be free. 791 00:35:26,875 --> 00:35:29,628 You got to disturb the peace when you can't get no peace. 792 00:35:29,628 --> 00:35:33,632 I'm going to see her free if this court system has any 793 00:35:33,632 --> 00:35:35,133 justice at all. 794 00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:37,260 Not because I believe in communism but because she is a 795 00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:40,055 black woman who believes in the freedom of black people. 796 00:35:40,055 --> 00:35:42,932 I intend to use all my money and power that my people have 797 00:35:42,932 --> 00:35:44,809 given to me to free Angela. 798 00:35:45,185 --> 00:35:46,561 REPORTER: Are you afraid of alienating your fans? 799 00:35:46,561 --> 00:35:47,729 REPORTER 2: Are you advocating violence 800 00:35:47,729 --> 00:35:49,189 against the establishment? 801 00:35:49,189 --> 00:35:50,315 ARETHA (over PA): I have said all I need to say. 802 00:35:50,315 --> 00:35:51,483 Thank you. 803 00:35:51,775 --> 00:35:53,735 (applause). 804 00:35:54,110 --> 00:35:55,528 CL: How the hell can you do this to me? 805 00:35:55,528 --> 00:35:56,613 ARETHA: Cause it ain't about you, 806 00:35:56,613 --> 00:35:58,114 it's about doing what's right. 807 00:35:58,114 --> 00:35:59,741 CL: You support a communist who buys guns for criminals. 808 00:35:59,741 --> 00:36:01,326 ARETHA: Angela didn't mean for them to get her guns. 809 00:36:01,326 --> 00:36:02,744 CL: You believe that? 810 00:36:02,744 --> 00:36:03,787 ARETHA: George Jackson was not supposed to be in jail 811 00:36:03,787 --> 00:36:04,788 in the first place. 812 00:36:04,788 --> 00:36:05,997 He was wrongfully incarcerated. 813 00:36:05,997 --> 00:36:07,207 CL: Well, the newspapers are saying something. 814 00:36:07,207 --> 00:36:08,583 ARETHA: I'm doing what you taught me to do, 815 00:36:08,583 --> 00:36:09,918 to stand up for our people. 816 00:36:09,918 --> 00:36:11,336 CL: I never stood up for no criminals. 817 00:36:11,336 --> 00:36:12,629 ARETHA: Except for those hot heads that walked in the 818 00:36:12,629 --> 00:36:14,089 church with guns and shot out with the police. 819 00:36:14,089 --> 00:36:15,799 CL: And you raked me over the coals for that and for 820 00:36:15,799 --> 00:36:17,175 involving you in that. 821 00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:18,551 ARETHA: I'm involved in this because I want to be, 822 00:36:18,551 --> 00:36:20,053 not because of you. 823 00:36:20,053 --> 00:36:22,138 I get to support who I want to on my terms. 824 00:36:22,138 --> 00:36:23,348 CL: But you make me look bad in the process. 825 00:36:23,348 --> 00:36:25,558 ARETHA: You can do that all by yourself. 826 00:36:30,313 --> 00:36:34,526 CL: You know, you talk about black empowerment but when I 827 00:36:34,526 --> 00:36:36,653 suggest you use one of my sermons in my protest record, 828 00:36:36,653 --> 00:36:38,113 you turn your nose up. 829 00:36:38,113 --> 00:36:40,115 Now, I've been protesting since before you were born. 830 00:36:40,115 --> 00:36:42,075 Carolyn asked you to write the liner notes in her 831 00:36:42,075 --> 00:36:44,494 new record and you ain't got the time to empower her. 832 00:36:45,161 --> 00:36:47,330 When you heard Erma was recording "Preacher Man", 833 00:36:47,330 --> 00:36:49,040 you went and released your own version to 834 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:50,375 undercut her chance. 835 00:36:50,375 --> 00:36:52,043 ARETHA: How much help do ya'll need from me? 836 00:36:52,043 --> 00:36:54,129 CL: You just got to flaunt your power, don't you? 837 00:36:54,129 --> 00:36:57,090 ARETHA: Yes, maybe I do. 838 00:36:58,591 --> 00:36:59,926 Because I'm my mother's daughter. 839 00:36:59,926 --> 00:37:01,386 CL: Don't you start about your mother. 840 00:37:01,386 --> 00:37:02,971 ARETHA: And she waited too long to stand up for herself 841 00:37:02,971 --> 00:37:05,473 and it killed her, and I refuse to let that be me. 842 00:37:05,473 --> 00:37:09,185 So, yes, even if it makes you look bad. 843 00:37:22,031 --> 00:37:24,868 KEN: Fighting the power begins at home, huh? 844 00:37:26,995 --> 00:37:29,122 Still glad you brought me here to meet him. 845 00:37:31,291 --> 00:37:34,627 ARETHA: Seems like we fighting all the time. 846 00:37:35,044 --> 00:37:38,673 Maybe wanting to help Angela is not the smartest move. 847 00:37:38,673 --> 00:37:41,509 KEN: Hey, standing up for what you believe in is 848 00:37:41,509 --> 00:37:44,721 always the right call. 849 00:37:44,721 --> 00:37:49,350 Now, I may not be royalty like you, but I can help. 850 00:37:53,938 --> 00:37:57,233 CL: My daughter and I don't always see eye to eye. 851 00:38:00,195 --> 00:38:02,697 But I'm glad you visiting with us. 852 00:38:02,697 --> 00:38:05,325 KEN: I thank you for that welcome, Reverend Franklin. 853 00:38:05,325 --> 00:38:07,035 CL: Bless you. 854 00:38:08,787 --> 00:38:10,789 You have a good evening. 855 00:38:10,789 --> 00:38:13,333 ARETHA: Bye, Daddy. CL: Mm‐hmm. 856 00:38:18,379 --> 00:38:20,381 ARETHA: I'm performing at the Fillmore West. 857 00:38:20,381 --> 00:38:21,633 KEN: Huh, are you now? 858 00:38:21,633 --> 00:38:23,593 ARETHA: Coming? 859 00:38:23,593 --> 00:38:26,304 KEN: Yes, indeed. I will be there. 860 00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:32,185 This is beautiful. 861 00:38:32,185 --> 00:38:34,312 ARETHA: It's all right. 862 00:38:34,771 --> 00:38:37,190 KEN: So are you, come here. 863 00:38:41,778 --> 00:38:43,321 ARETHA: I... 864 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:46,574 KEN: What? 865 00:38:56,709 --> 00:38:58,419 What's wrong? 866 00:39:00,547 --> 00:39:03,174 ARETHA: I don't know how to. 867 00:39:05,176 --> 00:39:08,346 KEN: I love you. 868 00:39:10,431 --> 00:39:14,936 (thunder) 869 00:39:23,653 --> 00:39:29,325 (piano). 870 00:39:39,335 --> 00:39:45,550 ♪ ♪ 871 00:39:49,679 --> 00:39:51,222 BARBARA: What's the matter, sunshine? 872 00:39:51,222 --> 00:39:54,559 ARETHA: It's just that this time tomorrow our bus will be 873 00:39:54,559 --> 00:39:56,853 headed back to Detroit. 874 00:39:56,853 --> 00:39:59,147 BARBARA: But you've enjoyed your visit, right? 875 00:39:59,439 --> 00:40:01,941 ARETHA: Me and Erma and Cecil and Carolyn, 876 00:40:01,941 --> 00:40:04,652 we all want to stay here with you. 877 00:40:06,696 --> 00:40:08,698 BARBARA: Your daddy's going to let you visit this summer. 878 00:40:08,698 --> 00:40:09,741 ARETHA: For the whole summer? 879 00:40:09,741 --> 00:40:12,076 BARBARA: We'll have to see. 880 00:40:12,535 --> 00:40:15,371 ARETHA: When we're at home, we miss you. 881 00:40:16,831 --> 00:40:18,666 What's the matter? 882 00:40:18,917 --> 00:40:21,419 BARBARA: I'm just tired. 883 00:40:22,629 --> 00:40:27,258 I miss you all too. 884 00:40:28,301 --> 00:40:30,428 Let's play make it up as we go. 885 00:40:31,220 --> 00:40:32,764 ARETHA: Okay. 886 00:40:35,016 --> 00:40:37,602 (piano). 887 00:40:37,602 --> 00:40:41,898 (humming). 888 00:40:58,122 --> 00:41:01,793 (phone ringing). 889 00:41:02,502 --> 00:41:04,253 CL: Hello? 890 00:41:04,837 --> 00:41:06,547 Mm‐hmm. 891 00:41:12,720 --> 00:41:14,555 Thank you. 892 00:41:23,523 --> 00:41:25,400 Momma! 893 00:41:33,282 --> 00:41:35,118 ERMA: Re? 894 00:41:51,259 --> 00:41:53,636 ARETHA: No, no. 895 00:41:56,597 --> 00:42:00,601 (crying). 896 00:42:06,858 --> 00:42:08,818 ERMA: I know. 897 00:42:10,528 --> 00:42:15,283 (crying). 898 00:42:29,297 --> 00:42:34,677 (crying). 899 00:42:49,108 --> 00:42:55,198 (crying). 900 00:43:02,371 --> 00:43:04,457 SISTER HELEN: Do you want something to eat, honey? 901 00:43:04,457 --> 00:43:06,751 ARETHA: No, Sister Helen. 902 00:43:07,627 --> 00:43:09,212 SISTER HELEN: Your mother loved her children more than 903 00:43:09,212 --> 00:43:12,340 anything else in this world. 904 00:43:13,633 --> 00:43:15,718 Your mother's in a better place now. 905 00:43:15,718 --> 00:43:17,011 She's with the Lord, child. 906 00:43:17,011 --> 00:43:19,263 ARETHA: You don't need to talk to me. 907 00:43:19,889 --> 00:43:21,432 SISTER HELEN: I'm sure your daddy gave your momma a 908 00:43:21,432 --> 00:43:23,643 beautiful homegoing speech. 909 00:43:25,770 --> 00:43:28,189 ARETHA: Daddy didn't go to Momma's funeral. 910 00:43:28,189 --> 00:43:31,400 We buried her in Buffalo, and he wasn't even there. 911 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:32,860 You best leave me be. 912 00:43:48,126 --> 00:43:50,753 (cheering and applause). 913 00:43:51,003 --> 00:43:52,338 ARETHA (over PA): Ladies and gentlemen, 914 00:43:52,338 --> 00:43:55,383 I would like to say before we leave that 915 00:43:55,383 --> 00:43:59,303 you have been much more than I could have ever expected. 916 00:44:00,721 --> 00:44:02,306 I'd like to leave you saying... 917 00:44:02,306 --> 00:44:07,603 ♪ Reach out and touch somebody's hand ♪ 918 00:44:09,730 --> 00:44:13,401 ♪ Make this a better world, if you can ♪ 919 00:44:15,194 --> 00:44:17,029 ♪ We love you ♪ 920 00:44:17,029 --> 00:44:19,866 ♪ Reach out and touch ♪ 921 00:44:19,866 --> 00:44:22,660 ♪ Somebody's hand ♪ 922 00:44:23,369 --> 00:44:26,372 ♪ Why don't you make it a better world ♪ 923 00:44:26,372 --> 00:44:28,082 ♪ If you can ♪ 924 00:44:28,082 --> 00:44:30,209 ARETHA (over PA): Turn around and touch your brother, 925 00:44:30,209 --> 00:44:31,252 touch your sister. 926 00:44:31,252 --> 00:44:33,004 Reach out and touch. 927 00:44:33,004 --> 00:44:34,213 Extend your hand. 928 00:44:34,213 --> 00:44:36,424 ♪ Somebody's hand ♪ 929 00:44:37,175 --> 00:44:39,927 ♪ Make this a better world ♪ 930 00:44:39,927 --> 00:44:42,013 ♪ If you can ♪ 931 00:44:42,555 --> 00:44:45,057 ♪ Reach out and touch ♪ 932 00:44:45,057 --> 00:44:48,769 ♪ Somebody's hand ♪ 933 00:44:48,769 --> 00:44:51,689 ♪ Make this a better world ♪♪ 934 00:44:52,315 --> 00:44:54,317 ARETHA (over PA): Need I say more, no. 935 00:44:54,650 --> 00:44:55,985 ♪ If you can ♪♪ 936 00:44:55,985 --> 00:44:57,612 ARETHA (over PA): Reach out and touch. 937 00:44:57,612 --> 00:44:59,822 ♪ Reach out and touch ♪ 938 00:44:59,822 --> 00:45:02,283 ♪ Grab hold of somebody's hand ♪ 939 00:45:03,075 --> 00:45:05,870 ♪ Go on make it a better world ♪ 940 00:45:05,870 --> 00:45:07,330 ♪ I know you ♪ ♪ 941 00:45:07,330 --> 00:45:09,874 JERRY: She really does bring people together. 942 00:45:09,874 --> 00:45:11,751 RUTH: She's at her best out there. 943 00:45:11,751 --> 00:45:13,961 ARETHA (over PA): I love you and I love you. 944 00:45:15,671 --> 00:45:19,717 Call me the mother you didn't have. 945 00:45:21,219 --> 00:45:22,511 I love you. 946 00:45:22,511 --> 00:45:23,930 KING CURTIS: I love you. 947 00:45:24,180 --> 00:45:27,058 ♪ Go on and reach out ♪♪ 948 00:45:33,648 --> 00:45:39,654 ♪ ♪ 949 00:45:39,904 --> 00:45:41,030 ♪ W ♪ 950 00:45:41,030 --> 00:45:43,407 ♪ Woo‐oo‐oo‐oo ♪ 951 00:45:48,037 --> 00:45:51,540 ♪ Ahhh‐oh ♪ 952 00:45:52,291 --> 00:45:56,545 ♪ Reach out and reach out and ♪ 953 00:45:58,547 --> 00:46:01,801 ♪ Yeah ♪ 954 00:46:04,011 --> 00:46:05,805 ♪ Reach out ♪ 955 00:46:08,849 --> 00:46:11,477 ♪ Reach out ♪ 956 00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:16,941 ♪ Reach out and touch somebody's hand ♪♪ 957 00:46:43,301 --> 00:46:46,846 (music plays through credits) 958 00:47:29,930 --> 00:47:31,724 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.