The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
| Directing | Liesl Tommy | Director |
| Production | Scott Bernstein | Producer |
| Writing | Tracey Scott Wilson | Screenplay |
| Production | Harvey Mason Jr. | Producer |
| Production | Jason Cloth | Executive Producer |
| Production | Aaron L. Gilbert | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Clint Ramos | Costume Design |
| Writing | Tracey Scott Wilson | Story |
| Writing | Callie Khouri | Story |
| Production | Stacey Sher | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Harvey Mason Jr. | Executive Music Producer |
| Production | Jennifer Hudson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jonathan Glickman | Producer |
| Production | Sue Baden-Powell | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Kris Bowers | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Kramer Morgenthau | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Avril Beukes | Editor |
| Production | Tiffany Little Canfield | Casting |
| Production | Bernard Telsey | Casting |
| Production | David Vaccari | Casting |
| Art | Ina Mayhew | Production Design |
| Art | Mark Dillon | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Marybeth Dillon | Art Direction |
| Art | Sarah Carter | Decorator |
| Art | Cathy T. Marshall | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Natasha Arellano | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charmaine Balcerzak | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Andrea Bowman | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Suzanna Boykin | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Christy Caudle | Additional Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Moe Coles | Additional Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Libra Cordero | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lawrence Davis | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Margina Dennis | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | A. Renea Dyson | Additional Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joyce Gilliard | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mandrill Hardge | Additional Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Delonda Harvey | Additional Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Victor Jones-Moore | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tracy P. Lawrence | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jackie Lynch | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stevie Martin | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cassandra Powell | Additional Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Genyii Scott | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Parra Thomas | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irenia Vail | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Wilson | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aaron Worman | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Ann Gray | Post Production Supervisor |
| Crew | Paul A. Levin | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Simi Wein | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Leah Winkler | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Kate Bilinski | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Greg Crawford | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Matt Hovland | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Paul Hsu | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Kenton Jakub | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Frank Kern | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Hunter Moore | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Julia Stockton | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Philip Stockton | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Thomas Varga | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Ed White | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Mark Wilkening | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Jerry Yuen | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Anthony Bradley | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Thomas Kerns | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | Joseph Sacco | Special Effects Technician |
| Visual Effects | Praveen Allu | Digital Compositor |
| Visual Effects | Ed Bruce | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Art | Alex Hillkurtz | Set Dresser |
| Art | Chris McGlamery | Set Dresser |
| Art | Rob Nagy | Set Designer |
| Art | Diana Salzburg | Set Decoration Buyer |
| Visual Effects | Wendy Gipp | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Caoimhe Maguire | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | John P. Nugent | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Ben Sumner | VFX Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kenyatta Williams | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Munee Hayes | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Crystal D. Brown | Costume Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Daniel L. Smith | Digital Compositor |
| Crew | Kate Stauduhar | Visual Effects Editor |
| Crew | Heather Taylor | Visual Effects Editor |
| Visual Effects | Christopher Cheng | Digital Compositor |
| Visual Effects | Aldo Ruggiero | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Andrew Prescott | Visual Effects Producer |
| Crew | Chris LeDoux | Executive Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Brad Kalinoski | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Duncan Key | Digital Compositor |
| Visual Effects | Daniel Dupre | Matte Painter |
| Visual Effects | Nicholas Daniels | Digital Compositor |
| Visual Effects | Andrew Byrne | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Matt Akey | Executive Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Brandon Kachel | Matte Painter |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gary Archer | Prosthetics |
| Visual Effects | Adam Keane | Visual Effects Production Assistant |
