Mary J. Blige to Executive Produce Lifetime Movie Inspired by ‘Real Love’
“It’s exciting to now use this song and my music to create a new story by way of film,” she says.
“It’s exciting to now use this song and my music to create a new story by way of film,” she says.
The film titled ‘A New Orleans Noel’ is executive produced by Whoopi Goldberg.
The categories included outstanding short-form series and outstanding writing in a motion picture.
Tina Knowles-Lawson, Monique Coleman, and LisaRaye McCoy will also star in the next two films.
The two films will premiere on the cable network in April.
The drama is inspired by real events at a teen residential treatment program.
The two-night, four-hour documentary premiered on January 28.
“It was tough at times. There was nothing easy about it,” Janet says in the four-hour film.
“When you have somebody say you’re too heavy, it affects you,” Janet says in the film.
“There were times when I just didn’t understand where I actually fit in,” Jackson admits.