Genre: Biography | Drama | Music Runtime: 118 min | Year: 1993 Cast: Angela Bassett as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner | Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly as Young Anna Mae Bullock | Virginia Capers as Choir Mistress… Anna Mae always had a special voice. Soon after arriving in St. Louis to live with the mother who had walked out when she was small, the now teenage Anna soon attracts the attention of pop group leader Ike Turner. She becomes the band's singer, his wife, and mother to his children - not all hers. In love with Ike and determined not to leave in the way her mother had, she finds herself the target of increasing violence from her unstable husband who can't see who is making the band such a success.