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Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

The story of the New Orleans-born crooner who 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.

Director

Kenny Leon

Year

Genre

biography, drama, music

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N/A

Production

Rock’n Robin Productions,Lincoln Square Productions,Lifetime,Front Street Pictures

Awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 3 wins & 15 nominations total

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[record plays, slow blues] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

[record plays, slow blues]

[singing with record]
♪ hello, heartbreak ♪ - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

[singing with record] ♪ hello, heartbreak ♪

♪ why have you left me
feeling this way? ♪ - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

♪ why have you left me feeling this way? ♪

When you come out that water,
you got to be perfect. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

When you come out that water, you got to be perfect.

God demands-- - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

You see I do the best
with my gift-- - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

You see I do the best with my gift--

And you wanna use it - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

And you wanna use it

Ain't people's lives
hard enough, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Ain't people's lives hard enough,

Halie, when you ready - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Halie, when you ready

...You'll have
a special understanding-- - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

...You'll have a special understanding--

[mahalia humming] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

[mahalia humming]

♪ oh ♪ - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

♪ yes, god is real ♪ - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

♪ yes, god is real ♪

♪ my god is real ♪ - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

♪ my god is real ♪

-♪ my god is real-- ♪
-stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

-♪ my god is real-- ♪ -stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!

That twisting, that gyrating, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

That twisting, that gyrating,

B-but pastor,
this how we sing down south. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

B-but pastor, this how we sing down south.

I sang this song
the day I got baptized. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

I sang this song the day I got baptized.

When I came up out the water, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

When I came up out the water,

And david said, "make
a joyful noise unto the lord." - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

And david said, "make a joyful noise unto the lord.&quo...

I wish I could find
the sheet music - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

I wish I could find the sheet music

Thought I'd make a little extra,
church singing, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Thought I'd make a little extra, church singing,

If you'd like to know
how we sing in chicago, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

If you'd like to know how we sing in chicago,

[inhales deeply, chuckles] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

[inhales deeply, chuckles]

♪ it's me, it's me ♪ - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

♪ it's me, it's me ♪

[slows down a bit]
♪ it's me, it's me ♪ - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

[slows down a bit] ♪ it's me, it's me ♪

[together]
♪ it's me... It's me ♪ - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

[together] ♪ it's me... It's me ♪

But can I please work my way
through the song a bit further? - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

But can I please work my way through the song a bit further?

[kendricks chuckles] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

[kendricks chuckles]

♪ it's me, it's me ♪ - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

♪ it's me, it's me ♪

♪ it's me, it's me ♪ - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

♪ it's me, it's me ♪

[picking up her bounce]
♪ not my father ♪ - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

[picking up her bounce] ♪ not my father ♪

♪ standin'
in the need of prayer ♪ - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

♪ standin' in the need of prayer ♪

[exhales irately] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

[exhales irately]

It's a discredit - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

It's a discredit

White people
will never understand you. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

White people will never understand you.

If you want to have a career, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

If you want to have a career,

Because that voice... - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Because that voice...

God say,
"don't let no man define you, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

God say, "don't let no man define you,

He treats me good.
[chuckles] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

He treats me good. [chuckles]

I told her, the only thing
I wanna walk with - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

I told her, the only thing I wanna walk with

No matter how poor we were, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

No matter how poor we were,

I just-- I just came by
to see how your lesson went. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

I just-- I just came by to see how your lesson went.

I ain't studying
no high-class stuff - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

I ain't studying no high-class stuff

And I ain't got no ambition - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

And I ain't got no ambition

I grew up, every morning,
every night, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

I grew up, every morning, every night,

I didn't have
no aunt duke to feed me, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

I didn't have no aunt duke to feed me,

"from the diaphragm." - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

"from the diaphragm."

I can't believe you had me
going to that man. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

I can't believe you had me going to that man.

You really do-- you really do
belong on the stage. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

You really do-- you really do belong on the stage.

Honey, I been tested plenty. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Honey, I been tested plenty.

I had this one bandleader, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

I had this one bandleader,

How in god's name did you
say no to that much money? - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

How in god's name did you say no to that much money?

'cause the "no" that I told him
was in god's name. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

'cause the "no" that I told him was in god�...

God say
his words would give joy, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

God say his words would give joy,

Now, I could sing the blues
if I wanted to, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Now, I could sing the blues if I wanted to,

I done lived way too much
of the blues already, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

I done lived way too much of the blues already,

Well, my aunt duke-- - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Well, my aunt duke--

Anybody singing the blues
is alone and in a deep pit. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Anybody singing the blues is alone and in a deep pit.

I can't stand to live
with any more pain. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

I can't stand to live with any more pain.

From como, mississippi, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

From como, mississippi,

Estelle's gonna be
my new piano player. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Estelle's gonna be my new piano player.

-Mm.
-I... [words catch] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

-Mm. -I... [words catch]

I tell mahalia all the time,
she should be an opera star. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

I tell mahalia all the time, she should be an opera star.

Well, how do you and god
feel about that? - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Well, how do you and god feel about that?

[estelle laughs] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

[estelle laughs]

♪ elijah ♪ - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

♪ elijah rock
shout, shout, shout - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

♪ elijah rock shout, shout, shout

But I do pray
for a big family one day, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

But I do pray for a big family one day,

So, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

I think I might - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

I think I might

Ike's so excited
to start this business, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Ike's so excited to start this business,

I want you to meet
a student of mine, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

I want you to meet a student of mine,

I'm almost in need of
a full-time piano player. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

I'm almost in need of a full-time piano player.

Somebody that can come on time
and keep up. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Somebody that can come on time and keep up.

[chuckles nervously]
oh. No. I'm-- - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

[chuckles nervously] oh. No. I'm--

Well, come back to me
when you're confident - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Well, come back to me when you're confident

I'm always in need of
a piano player - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

I'm always in need of a piano player

[chuckles]
because some of us - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

[chuckles] because some of us

Well, god will provide
to those who commit - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Well, god will provide to those who commit

Now, I got to get home, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Now, I got to get home,

♪ I'll bring
your magic skin cream ♪ - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

♪ I'll bring your magic skin cream ♪

She's hardly got
a stitch to her name, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

She's hardly got a stitch to her name,

Everything
we've been waiting for-- - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Everything we've been waiting for--

Project presents--" - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Project presents--"

We play this right, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

We play this right,

I ain't no horse
racing a track, okay? - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

I ain't no horse racing a track, okay?

Look, why can't we live a life
as big as your college degree? - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Look, why can't we live a life as big as your college d...

Until then, the post office
is high as I'm able to climb. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Until then, the post office is high as I'm able to clim...

All we need - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia poster

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The story of the New Orleans-born crooner who 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.

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Director: Kenny Leon

Writer: Bettina Gilois, Todd Kreidler

Production: Rock’n Robin Productions,Lincoln Square Productions,Lifetime,Front Street Pictures

Genre: biography, drama, music

Year: 2021

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 03 Apr 2021

Awards: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 3 wins & 15 nominations total

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