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Interview Details
Title & Link
Actress Danielle Brooks Talks Playing Mahalia Jackson in New Biopic
Publish Date
April 2, 2021
Interviewees
Danielle Brooks
Interviewers
Elena Nicolaou
Publisher
Oprah Daily
Topics
biopic
Black women in music
career
civil rights movement
Influence
Mahalia Jackson
Queen of Gospel
Spirituality
People Mentioned
Aretha Franklin
Billie Holiday
Cynthia Erivo
Dana Owens
Ella Fitzgerald
Ethel Waters
Jamie Foxx
Jennifer Holliday
Jennifer Hudson
Jill Scott
Kenny Leon
Ma Rainey
Martin Luther King Jr.
Mildred Falls
Sarah Vaughan
Works Mentioned
Much Ado About Nothing
Orange Is the New Black
Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
The Color Purple
Places Mentioned
Carnegie Hall
New York
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