Lifetime And Robin Roberts Set ‘The Mahalia Jackson Story’ Starring Danielle Brooks With Kenny Leon Directing
Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterLifetime has extended its partnership with journalist Robin Roberts for four new movies and they are about to fuel the soul with Robin Roberts Presents: The Mahalia Jackson Story. The movie will star Tony Award nominee, SAG and Grammy Award-winning actress Danielle Brooks (Orange is the New Black, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as the titular iconic gospel legend and civil rights activist while Tony winner Kenny Leon (Broadway’s A Raisin in the Sun, Fences, Lifetime’s Steel Magnolias) will direct. The pic comes from Rock’n Robin Productions and Lincoln Square Productions.