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Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia

He alls himself "brother john"and he sings folk music and bluesat the apollo theatre

He alls himself "brother john"
and he sings folk music and blues
at the apollo theatre

Full Transcript

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He alls himself "brother john" and he sings
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folk music and blues at the apollo theatre.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:50:08
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, music
Production
Rock’n Robin Productions,Lincoln Square Productions,Lifetime,Front Street Pictures

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Movie Summary

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.
The shop's always been something for me to lean on, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:07
The shop's always been something for me to lean on,
I... I can't accept such a gift. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
I... I can't accept such a gift.
Why does everybody think - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
Why does everybody think
Go tell the promoter to bring up the rest of my money in cash. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
Go tell the promoter to bring up the rest of my money in cas...
I got to take me wherever I go. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
I got to take me wherever I go.
[plays intro to "how I got over"] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
[plays intro to "how I got over"]
[ecstatic applause continues] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:09
[ecstatic applause continues]
[gasps] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:06
[gasps]
[gasps deeply in pain] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:09
[gasps deeply in pain]
[gasping and sobbing with pain] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:07
[gasping and sobbing with pain]
[indistinct p.A. Announcements] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:09
[indistinct p.A. Announcements]
Now, you can tell the newspapers that it's bronchitis, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
Now, you can tell the newspapers that it's bronchitis,
I know, - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:07
I know,
They don't care about a colored woman's health - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:07
They don't care about a colored woman's health
I had this one doctor-- - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:17
I had this one doctor--
But I had these fibroids on my lymph nodes - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:08
But I had these fibroids on my lymph nodes
[takes a shaky breath] - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:04
[takes a shaky breath]
They took-- - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
They took--
Like everything that make me a woman is gone. - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:06
Like everything that make me a woman is gone.
Burning in my heart-- - Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia 00:05
Burning in my heart--