Get on Up (2014)

Directors

Tate Taylor

Cast

Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis, Lennie James, Fred Melamed, Craig Robinson

The story

In 1939, young James Brown lives in squalor with his mother Susie and abusive father Joe in the backwoods of Augusta, Georgia. Susie eventually abandons the family and becomes a prostitute, while Joe enlists in the Army; James' brothel-running aunt Honey becomes his legal guardian and introduces him to the shout music at a black church, fascinating him. Later, while fighting in a "battle royal" boxing match in front of a white audience, he emerges victorious after imagining the jazz band breaking into a funk style.

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