Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory (1997)
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.
Cast
Mahalia Jackson
Jesse Jackson
George Avakian
Studs Terkel
Louis Armstrong
Ed Sullivan
Ralph Abernathy
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