"Aretha: Unforgettable" is the fourth episode in the third season of Genius. It is the twenty-fourth episode overall.
Plot Summary[]
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.
Cast[]
- Cynthia Erivo as Aretha Franklin
- Malcolm Barrett as Ted White
- Patrice Covington as Erma Franklin
- Rebecca Naomi Jones as Carolyn Franklin
- David Cross as Jerry Wexler
- Kimberly Hébert Gregory as Ruth Bowen
- Shaian Jordan as Little Re (young Aretha)
- Courtney B. Vance as C. L. Franklin
Guest Starring[]
- Edwin Hodge as Young C.L. Franklin
- Marque Richardson as King Curtis
- Pauletta Washington as Rachel Franklin
- Jason Burkey as Time Reporter
- Deja Dee as Pam Walker
- Steven G. Norfleet as Cecil Franklin
- Antonique Smith as Barbara Franklin