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Friday, Aug. 13, 2021: Tracey Scott Wilson, AA Bronson and more

Today on Q: playwright and screenwriter Tracey Scott Wilson, Q This music panel with A. Harmony and Vivek Shraya, artist AA Bronson, Soul co-director and screenwriter Kemp Powers.

Today on Q: Tracey Scott Wilson, A. Harmony and Vivek Shraya, AA Bronson, Kemp Powers

Playwright and screenwriter Tracey Scott Wilson, artist AA Bronson, director and screenwriter Kemp Powers. (Submitted by Tracey Scott Wilson, Vanessa Greco/CBC, Getty Images)

Today on Q, with guest host Saroja Coelho:

  • Screenwriter Tracey Scott Wilson discusses her new Aretha Franklin biopic, Respect, and shares some of the challenges and responsibilities she felt bringing the Queen of Soul's story to the big screen.

  • On this week's Q This music panel, A. Harmony and Vivek Shraya discuss Kanye West's highly anticipated 10th studio album, Donda, plus the return of live music this summer and fall.

  • Canadian artist AA Bronson, a founding member of the artist collective General Idea, tells Q producer Vanessa Greco why Berlin is an alluring home for Canadian artists.

  • Soul co-director and screenwriter Kemp Powers discusses why the animated film is being called groundbreaking, and how it dismantles the distinction between "winners and losers."

WATCH | Official trailer for Respect:

WATCH | Official trailer for Soul: