Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

About Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

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.

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory is a 1997 documentary film directed by Jeff Scheftel. Mahalia Jackson, Jesse Jackson, Horace Clarence Boyer, and John Sellers lead the cast.

It runs 90 minutes and was released in January 1997.

It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Aspire TV Amazon Channel in the United States.