Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory (Movie)

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.

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1. 4 Little Girls (1997) (Movie) (3)
   

   Mahalia Jackson...Self - During March on Washington (archive footage)

   

   Jesse Jackson...Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition

   

   Ralph Abernathy...Self - with Martin Luther King (archive footage) (uncredited)
2. A Decade of Struggle (1980) (Movie) (2)
   

   Ralph Abernathy...Self

   

   Jesse Jackson...Self
3. Good Evening Ev'rybody: In Celebration of Louis Armstrong (2008) (Movie) (2)
   

   Louis Armstrong...Himself

   

   Mahalia Jackson...Herself
4. In Remembrance of Martin (1986) (Movie) (2)
   

   Ralph Abernathy...Self

   

   Jesse Jackson...Self
5. Jazz on a Summer's Day (1960) (Movie) (2)
   

   Louis Armstrong...

   

   Mahalia Jackson...
6. King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) (Movie) (2)
   

   Ralph Abernathy...Self

   

   Mahalia Jackson...Self
7. Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) (Movie) (2)
   

   Jesse Jackson...Self

   

   Mahalia Jackson...Self
8. The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (1999) (Movie) (2)
   

   Louis Armstrong...Himself

   

   George Avakian...Himself