Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

Overview

Documentary narrated by Paul Winfield, this documentary follows the course of Mahalia Jackson's extraordinary life - from her humble beginnings as a sickly child singing in New Orleans churches to her breakthrough with Columbia Records and her ascendancy to Carnegie Hall and Europe's great stages. Her story's told through archival footage and interviews with those who knew her best.

Release date

Jan 1, 1997

Rating

10 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 30 minutes

Genres

Documentary

Cast

Mahalia Jackson
As
Jesse Jackson
As
Horace Clarence Boyer
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As
John Sellers
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As
George Avakian
As
Studs Terkel
As
Louis Armstrong
As
Ed Sullivan
As
Ralph Abernathy
As

Crew

Jeff Scheftel
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Role: Director