Born in New Orleans, Mahalia Jackson began singing at an early age and went on to become one of the most revered gospel figures in U.S. history, melding her music with the civil rights movement.
Emmy Nominee—Outstanding Television Movie, 2021
DIRECTOR: Kenny Leon
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Robin Roberts, Linda M. Berman
CAST: Danielle Brooks
Netflix
An estranged couple reunite in a Florida police station to help find their missing teenage son.
A Netflix television event, adapted from the Broadway play with the same director and cast.
Emmy Nominee—Outstanding Television Movie, 2020
DIRECTOR: Kenny Leon
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Kerry Washington, Pilar Savone
CAST: Kerry Washington, Steven Pasquale
Netflix
An African-American family struggles with poverty, racism, and inner conflict as they strive for a better way of life. Based on the play by Lorraine Hansberry.
An ABC Television movie, adapted from the Broadway play with the same director and cast.
Sundance Premiere
Emmy Nominee—Best Made-for-TV Movie, 2008
DIRECTOR: Kenny Leon
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Craig Zadan, Neil Meron
CAST: Sean Combs, Sanaa Lathan, Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, John Stamos
Bad Boy Films
Storyline Entertainment
Sony Pictures Television
The true story of a child’s punishment that became a woman’s crime.
Sundance Premiere
DIRECTOR: Tommy O’Haver
PRODUCERS: Jocelyn Hayes, Christine Vachon, Kevin Turen, Henry Winterstern
CAST: Catherine Keener, Ellen Page, Bradley Whitford
Killer Films
First Look Studios
A.C.E. Eddie Nominee—Best Edited Made-for-Television Movie
Emmy Nominee—Best Made-for-TV Movie, 2004
DIRECTED BY: Robert Allan Ackerman
PRODUCED BY: Lynn Raynor
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Craig Zadan, Neil Meron
EDITED WITH Michael Brown
CAST: Judy Davis, James Brolin
Storyline Entertainment
Sony Pictures Television
ABC
Nominated for five Emmys and two Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture Made for Television, 2004
DIRECTOR: Robert Allan Ackerman
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Hilary Heath
CAST: Helen Mirren, Olivier Martinez, Anne Bancroft, Rodrigo Santoro, Brian Dennehy
Based on the novel by Tennessee Williams
Showtime
CREATORS: Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Scott Rosenberg
DIRECTOR: Gary Fleder
CAST: Bryan Greenberg, Laura Prepon
ABC
DIRECTOR: Robert Allan Ackerman
WRITTEN & EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY: David Manson
PRODUCED BY: Cyrus Yavneh
CAST: Farrah Fawcett, Keith Carradine, Jean Stapleton, Alison Pill
Sarabande Productions
TNT
