Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory (1997)

  • NR
  • 01/01/1997 (US)
  • 1h 30m

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.

Jeff Scheftel

Director

Cast

Mahalia Jackson's headshot

Mahalia Jackson

Jesse Jackson's headshot

Jesse Jackson

Horace Clarence Boyer's headshot

Horace Clarence Boyer

John Sellers's headshot

John Sellers

George Avakian's headshot

George Avakian

Studs Terkel's headshot

Studs Terkel

Louis Armstrong's headshot

Louis Armstrong

Ed Sullivan's headshot

Ed Sullivan

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