![]() TheGrio is now on Apple TV, Amazon Fire, and Roku. Have you subscribed to theGrio’s podcast “Dear Culture”? Download our newest episodes now! ‘Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia’ which premieres on Lifetime April 3 at 8 p.m. And so I think she left her legacy in that way to push things forward.” “People might say some messed up stuff to me, but I’m going to rise above it and be in this room. “The things that I’ve been able to do now was because of her sacrifice of saying, you know what, I’m going to be uncomfortable in this place,” she said. Ultimately, Brooks said she hopes audiences take away the sacrifice of Mahalia Jackson and the doors she opened for Black performers and entrepreneurs - in addition to the hope she gave to a Black America that was afflicted by white supremacy. The film also highlights the racism in the medical industry at the time that made it difficult for Black women to get the proper care they needed - an issue in medicine that prevails today and has been recently magnified by the coronavirus pandemic.īrooks emphasized how “difficult” it was to “go through health issues as a Black person during that time,” adding “I feel like a lot of times we were kind of like guinea pigs in a way.” And I just felt it important to highlight it because I haven’t seen enough of it, especially as women of color.” “There are so many women, and I would go as far as to say, every woman has their journey with being a mother whether they want to be one, whether they can’t be one, whether they have lost children during birth or have thyroids or whatever,” she added. Read More: Black mom on premature birth, racial disparities in maternal health: ‘I carry that with me’ That has not always been easy with becoming a mother.” And it was difficult to shoot because I’ve had my own journey. And that was one of them that I totally related to. “I really wanted to explore the human parts of her. “It actually wasn’t written in the script to talk about the hysterectomy and to talk about her struggles with wanting to become a mother. That relatively unknown part of her life is something Brooks, as co-executive producer, said she worked to include in the film. The Lifetime biopic also touches on Mahalia Jackson’s health battle with fibroids and sarcoidosis that led to a hysterectomy, which prevented the singer from bearing children. That’s why he asked her to go with him to a lot of these events and bus boycotts and things like that, because the way she moved him.” And I don’t think anybody probably sang the way that she did that really touched his soul. She needed his words, and I would probably go as far as to say that nobody could hit her heart the way that Martin could. ![]() Martin Luther King Jr., left, and Mahalia Jackson, right. Read More: 7 inconvenient truths white people must understand about Martin Luther King Jr.ĭr. “They both were married to their partners, but sometimes God will just bring people in your life to help you through the next - and I think that’s what they were for each other,” she said. Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia artfully portrays Jackson and King’s closeness, something Brooks believed was rooted in their needing of each other to “survive.” Jackson even played a role in making King’s iconic “I Have A Dream” speech the powerful oration it became when she famously yelled out to him, “Tell ’em about the dream, Martin!” during the March on Washington in 1963. ![]() Some audiences might not know that in addition to being a successful recording artist who sold an estimated 22 million records throughout the span of her lifetime, Mahalia Jackson was also a prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement and was a close friend and confidant to Dr. So we took the proper time to do it right.” You can’t just walk in there blindly thinking you’re just going to do it. I’m grateful that we took that time before shooting … because she is the queen of gospel music. “So we went back into the studio and kept cooking until we found it. “I said, call your momma because she lived during when Mahalia was around and he called her and she listened and she said, ‘It ain’t got the gut yet,'” Brooks recalled. Read More: Danielle Brooks admits she felt ‘shame’ after not bouncing back from 60lbs of baby weightĪt one point, she even had Leon call his mother for feedback.
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