On the three-year anniversary of ArethaFranklin's passing, she has officially been immortalized on the big screen. Below, the film's costume designer clintramos delves into the process of crafting looks worthy of 'The Queen of Soul.'
RAMOS: So this is something that I really deeply care about. I fight for representation, diversity, and the inclusion of BIPOC [Black and Indigenous People of Color] in the American theater and film design field. I started this with a group of designers during the pandemic and we advocate for a radical shift in representation. We also advocate strongly for rising designers. It’s important that folks understand that diversity is not just one action, but a series of actions.
RAMOS: I’ve been involved since the initial stages, informally. The director, Liesl Tommy, and I have been close collaborators for two decades now. So, I knew this movie was circling around the periphery. This was before Tracey [Scott Wilson] hopped on to write the script. I was in the very early stages of conception, and nothing formally happened until May 2019.RAMOS: I literally looked at everything. I read autobiographies about her and the Civil Rights Movement. I looked at a lot of photos.
“Reverend James Cleveland was a close family friend and a close advisor to Aretha. He’s a fun character because we see him in his formative, churchy teen years in the ‘50s, and then we see him in the end in the ‘70s. He bookends the film. He wears a lot of leisure suits, polyester, and disco shirts. You know, my background is in theater and Tituss also comes from the theater, so we spoke the same language. There was trust.
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