What’s Love Got to Do with It

Selected by the Actors Branch. 
 
Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne give unforgettable, Oscar-nominated performances in this gripping biopic based on Tina Turner’s memoir I, Tina (written with Kurt Loder). Bassett expertly captures Tina’s formidable mixture of offstage vulnerability and onstage strength and charisma, while Fishburne is her equal as the subtly terrifying Ike Turner. Directed by Brian Gibson and written by Kate Lanier, the film is a chilling and believable portrait of an abusive marriage that also manages to be a worthy tribute to its iconic subject, who passed away this May.