[Film] Get On Up: How James Brown Became the Godfather of Soul (Trailer)
Friday, March 14, 2014 at 8:21AM
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After his success directing “The Help” Tate Taylor’s new film, stars Chadwick Boseman (Jackie Robinson) – as James Brown, whose journey to being crowned “The Godfather of Soul,” is a classic story of the American Dream coming to fruition.  Also staring Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Nelsan Ellis, Lennie James, Tika Sumpter, Jill Scott, and Dan Aykroyd.  So far, it appears to have everything a classic film is made of.

 

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