Show Time:Tomorrow at 9:00 pm on HBO
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington and Clifton Powell.
Directed by:
Genre: Drama
Duration: 2 hr 26 min
Jamie Foxx stars in this biopic of legendary soul and R&B singer Ray Charles. Skillfully edited and with a keen eye for period detail, the narrative weaves in and out of the past in an interlocking tapestry of the man’s rise to fame in the 1950s and ’60s.
Growing up poor, black, and blind in the rural south, Charles learns - under the tutelage of his tough-love mother - to turn these handicaps into assets.
With this training, Ray eventually plays his way into a major deal with Paramount records and earns iconic status as an American legend. Along the way, the high cost of fame leads him to engage in abusive relationships, manipulative behavior, and struggles with drug and alcohol problems. (more…)