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Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory (1997)
Directed by Jeff Scheftel
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.
Length 90 minutes
Actors
Louis Armstrong | Jesse Jackson | Mahalia Jackson | Ed Sullivan | Studs Terkel | George Avakian | Horace Clarence Boyer | John Sellers | Ralph Abernathy