Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

1997/01/01 • Released

Documentary
10.0
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.

Director : Jeff Scheftel

Casts
Mahalia Jackson

Mahalia Jackson

Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson

Horace Clarence Boyer

John Sellers

George Avakian

George Avakian

Studs Terkel

Studs Terkel

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Ed Sullivan

Ed Sullivan

Ralph Abernathy

Ralph Abernathy

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