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What’s Love Got to Do With It?

Nov 23 & 24, 2025
    Part of
  • Starring Angela Bassett
  • and
  • BAM Film 2025
Directed by Brian Gibson (1993)
With Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Jenifer Lewis
Brian Gibson tells the story of singer Tina Turner’s rise to stardom in this 1993 biopic starring Bassett as the iconic diva herself. The charts Turner’s courageous break from her abusive husband, Ike Turner, played here by the great Laurence Fishburn. What’s Love Got to Do With It was released to widespread critical acclaim, earning both Bassett and Fishburn Academy Award nominations for their performances.

UPCOMING Screenings

      RUNNING TIME

      118min

      VENUE

      Peter Jay Sharp Building
      BAM Rose Cinemas

      FORMAT

      DCP

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