Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia, a biopic on the life of gospel legend Mahalia Jackson, starring Danielle Brooks. The movie shared personal details of Jackson’s life even fans of the singer most likely didn’t know.
And as co-executive producer of the TV film, there was one detail in particular Brooks made a point to include.“It was the issue of not being able to be a mother,” Brooks tells ESSENCE. “I just know that’s very difficult for women and when that opportunity was taken away from her having a hysterectomy, that, to me — I became a co-executive producer of the project, and once they gave me room to share my opinion that was one of the things I made very clear we have to have.
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