Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Mahalia JacksonCast

Jesse JacksonCast

Horace Clarence Boyer

Horace Clarence BoyerCast

John Sellers

John SellersCast

George AvakianCast

Studs TerkelCast

Louis Armstrong

Louis ArmstrongCast

Ed SullivanCast

Ralph AbernathyCast