Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory (1997)
90 min
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
- January 1, 1997
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
Cast
- Jesse Jackson as Self
- Horace Clarence Boyer as Self
- John Sellers as Self
- George Avakian as Self
- Studs Terkel as Self
Crew
- Mahalia Jackson · Archive footage
- Louis Armstrong · Archive footage
- Ed Sullivan · Archive footage
- Ralph Abernathy · Archive footage
- Lana Turner · Archive footage
- Jeff Scheftel · Director
- Michael Singh · Writer
- Jeff Scheftel · Producer
- Grazka Taylor · Producer
- Barbara Kaplan · Editor
- Tim Tobin · Editor