Emmy winner CourtneyBVance will star opposite Grammy and Tony winner CynthiaEriVo in the third season of NatGeoChannel's anthology series Genius
, chronicling the life of Aretha Franklin.in the third season of the anthology series. He'll play C.L. Franklin, Aretha's father, an influential minister and civil rights activist — and a star in his own right.director Anthony Hemingway, who's an executive producer and producing director on the series.
C.L. Franklin was pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit and was known as the "Million Dollar Voice." His sermons were published and sold in record stores and broadcast on a weekly radio show, and he also booked national ministry tours and public appearances. He had a fraught relationship with Aretha but supported her throughout her career, notably when she made the decision to turn from gospel to secular pop music.
Courtney B. Vance is an actor whose work I’ve admired for so long,” said Parks . “To have him bring his award-winning talents to the role of C.L. Franklin, a man of great conviction who also had many flaws, is a beautiful dream come true."
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