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Blackbird: Lena Horne and America
| Blackbird: Lena Horne and America | |
| Premiere | |
| Creator | Jenny Lumet |
| Network/Provider | Showtime |
| Style | 60-minute drama |
| Company | Secret Hideout, CBS Studios |
| Origin | USA |
| This program is currently in development and is subject to be changed or cancelled at any time. Please feel free to add the latest information by editing it. |
Blackbird: Lena Horne and America is a limited series based on the life of incomparable entertainer and activist Lena Horne.
Titled after Horne's favorite poem Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, Blackbird: Lena Horne and America will span 60 years of her life, from dancing at the Cotton Club when she was 16, through World War II and stardom of the MGM years, McCarthyism, the civil rights movement and her triumphant return to Broadway. The series will encompass her deepest relationships: Paul Robeson, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Joe Louis, Billie Holiday, Hattie McDaniel, Ava Gardner and Orson Welles, to name a few. A direct descendant of slaves and their enslavers, Horne had to navigate stardom during Jim Crow. She laid herself down and made herself a bridge for everyone who came after her, and finally achieved her own liberation to become one of America's greatest legends.
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