Lena Horne will be the focus of a new limited series at Showtime. Jenny Lumet, who is the iconic jazz singer, actress and activist’s granddaughter, is developing the series with her producing partner, Alex Kurtzman, Deadline reports.
The series is titled, Blackbird: Lena Horne and America, in homage of Lena‘s favorite poem, “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” According to a release, the show 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
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