Emmy winner Louisa V. Anthony first heard the “wonderful, soulful” sound of Aretha Franklin when she was growing up as the youngest of seven children. “My older brothers and sisters and parents listened to her music,” she recalls. “I think that was my first introduction to Aretha.” Decades later she became the head of the hair department on National Geographic’s bioseries, “Genius: Aretha.” Watch the exclusive video interview above.
“I think [Aretha’s] genius was being able to put together the different genres of music like gospel, soul, R&b, and come up with a sound that was all her own,” Anthony describes when linking the Queen of Soul to the NatGeo series starring Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo.
SEECynthia Erivo singing in ‘Genius: Aretha’: Witness the moment a star is born [Watch]
Anthony leaned on over 20 years of film and television experience to come up with “hundreds” of hairstyles for the...
“I think [Aretha’s] genius was being able to put together the different genres of music like gospel, soul, R&b, and come up with a sound that was all her own,” Anthony describes when linking the Queen of Soul to the NatGeo series starring Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo.
SEECynthia Erivo singing in ‘Genius: Aretha’: Witness the moment a star is born [Watch]
Anthony leaned on over 20 years of film and television experience to come up with “hundreds” of hairstyles for the...
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