Ray

An Academy Award-winning biopic of Ray Charles, developed over 13 years by its director, and starring Jamie Foxx in an uncannily reminiscent portrayal of the revolutionary singer who fused gospel music with ’60s R’n’ B, soul, country and jazz. Born in a poor town in Georgia, Ray Charles went blind at the age of seven shortly after witnessing his younger brother’s accidental death. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way in the world, Charles found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. As he revolutionized the way people appreciated music, he simultaneously fought segregation in the very clubs that launched him and championed artists’ rights within the corporate music business. Ray provides an unflinching portrait of Charles’ musical genius as he overcomes drug addiction to become one of the most revered performers in America.