
Ray
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
- Genre: Drama, Music
- Studio: Universal Pictures, Bristol Bay Productions, Baldwin Entertainment Group, Anvil Films
- Keyword: black people, loss of loved one, country music, jazz, blindness and impaired vision, georgia, overdose, bus ride, record producer, biography, rags to riches, childhood trauma, gospel, indianapolis, record label, recording studio, pianist, usa history
- Cast: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Harry Lennix, Clifton Powell, Bokeem Woodbine