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Billboard Magazine reports:

Aretha Franklin’s legacy is getting the proper Respect it deserves in a new clip from the forthcoming biopic about the late superstar’s life. The minute-long clip features Jennifer Hudson portraying the Queen of Soul as she belts out her world-famous signature song “Respect.”

Following a couple of teasers and trailers, the new video is the first full-length look into the biopic, directed by Liesl Tommy and coming out Aug. 13. The film follows Franklin from her beginnings as a young girl singing in her father’s church choir to her rise to fame, abusive marriage and involvement in the civil rights movement.

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