New limited series Madam C.J. Walker starring and executive produced by Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer
This is the untold and highly irreverent story of black hair care pioneer and mogul Madam C.J. Walker and how she overcame hostile turn-of-the-century America, epic rivalries, tumultuous marriages and some trifling family to become America’s first black, self-made female millionaire. Based on the book On Her Own Ground, by A’Lelia Bundles
Episodes: 8
Director (first episode)/Executive Producer (first episode): Kasi Lemmons (Eve’s Bayou, Talk to Me)
Writer: Nicole Asher
Showrunners / Executive Producers: Janine Sherman Barrois, Elle Johnson
Executive Producers: Octavia Spencer, LeBron James, Maverick Carter (SpringHill), Mark Holder, Christine Holder (Zero Gravity)
Produced for Netflix by SpringHill Entertainment and Zero Gravity in association with Warner Bros. Television
Cast: Oscar winner Octavia Spencer will star as Sarah Breedlove, famously known as Madam CJ Walker. Spencer will also serve as an executive producer.
New series White Lines from the producers of The Crown and La Casa de Papel
When the body of a legendary Manchester DJ is discovered twenty years after his mysterious disappearance from Ibiza, his sister returns to the beautiful Spanish island to find out what happened. Her investigation will lead her through a thrilling world of dance music, super yachts, lies and cover-ups, forcing her to confront the darker sides of her own character in a place where people live life on the edge.
Writer / Showrunner: Alex Pina (La Casa De Papel )
EPs: Andy Harries and Sharon Hughff will executive produce for Left Bank, and Alex Pina and Cristina Lopez Ferraz will executive produce for Vancouver Media.
This is the untold and highly irreverent story of black hair care pioneer and mogul Madam C.J. Walker and how she overcame hostile turn-of-the-century America, epic rivalries, tumultuous marriages and some trifling family to become America’s first black, self-made female millionaire. Based on the book On Her Own Ground, by A’Lelia Bundles
Episodes: 8
Director (first episode)/Executive Producer (first episode): Kasi Lemmons (Eve’s Bayou, Talk to Me)
Writer: Nicole Asher
Showrunners / Executive Producers: Janine Sherman Barrois, Elle Johnson
Executive Producers: Octavia Spencer, LeBron James, Maverick Carter (SpringHill), Mark Holder, Christine Holder (Zero Gravity)
Produced for Netflix by SpringHill Entertainment and Zero Gravity in association with Warner Bros. Television
Cast: Oscar winner Octavia Spencer will star as Sarah Breedlove, famously known as Madam CJ Walker. Spencer will also serve as an executive producer.
New series White Lines from the producers of The Crown and La Casa de Papel
When the body of a legendary Manchester DJ is discovered twenty years after his mysterious disappearance from Ibiza, his sister returns to the beautiful Spanish island to find out what happened. Her investigation will lead her through a thrilling world of dance music, super yachts, lies and cover-ups, forcing her to confront the darker sides of her own character in a place where people live life on the edge.
Writer / Showrunner: Alex Pina (La Casa De Papel )
EPs: Andy Harries and Sharon Hughff will executive produce for Left Bank, and Alex Pina and Cristina Lopez Ferraz will executive produce for Vancouver Media.
Source:
#LaCasaDePapel / #MoneyHeist creator Alex Pina has revealed his next Netflix series: #WhiteLines. 20 years after her brother vanished in Ibiza, a young woman must return to the island — full of dance music, yachts, lies, & cover-ups — when his corpse is suddenly found. #TCA18 pic.twitter.com/BRCB3hNfa7
— See What's Next (@seewhatsnext) July 29, 2018
.@octaviaspencer will star in “Madam CJ Walker,” an eight episode limited series about America’s first black, self-made female millionaire. Kasi Lemmons will direct & EP the first ep of the series, which is executive produced by @KingJames and Spencer #TCA18 pic.twitter.com/0BKcEZnS80
— See What's Next (@seewhatsnext) July 29, 2018
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