Directed by:
Robert Allan AckermanCinematography:
Mike FashComposer:
David ShireCast:
Diana Ross, Brandy Norwood, Christine Ebersole, Allen Payne, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Roger Rees, Harvey Fierstein, Sam Jaeger, Peter Francis James (more)Plots(1)
After nearly two decades away from home and riding the waves of fame, Olivia (Diana Ross) returns to find her daughter Kayla (Brandy) and to reveal herself as the mother she never knew. With well-placed contacts and a desire to make right a wronged past, Olivia helps Kayla realize her own dream of singing stardom. But their fragile mother-daughter bond is tested when Kayla's dreams of stardom become reality. Together, they will discover that love is more powerful than ambition and family more important than fame. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Diana Ross
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee (2022) (concert)
The Wiz (1978)
Brandy Norwood
USA
Best movies:
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013)
Osmosis Jones (2001)
Double Platinum (1999) (TV movie)
Christine Ebersole
USA
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Tootsie (1982)
Allen Payne
USA
Best movies:
The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) (TV movie)
Rooftops (1989)
A Price Above Rubies (1998)
Brian Stokes Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
The Prince of Egypt (1998)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf (1988) (TV movie)
Roger Rees
UK
Best movies:
The Prestige (2006)
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
Frida (2002)
Harvey Fierstein
USA
Best movies:
Mulan (1998)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
Sam Jaeger
USA
Best movies:
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
American Sniper (2014)
Her (2013)
Peter Francis James
USA
Best movies:
The Messenger (2009)
The Rebound (2009)
Montana (1998)
Darrin Dewitt Henson
USA
Best movies:
The Express (2008)
Life Support (2007)
Stomp the Yard (2007)
Adriane Lenox
USA
Best movies:
The Blind Side (2009)
Where God Left His Shoes (2007)
21 Bridges (2019)
Travis Payne
Best movies:
Newsies (1992)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Double Platinum (1999) (TV movie)
Ron Cephas Jones
USA
Best movies:
The Get Down (2016) (series)
All You Need is Love (2007)
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Jacinto Taras Riddick
USA
Best movies:
Fresh (1994)
Cop Out (2010)
Kill for Me (2016)
Catherine Dudley-Rose
Best movies:
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
One True Thing (1998)
Money Train (1995)
John Di Benedetto
Best movies:
Goodfellas (1990)
Sleepers (1996)
Donnie Brasco (1997)
Louis Carbonneau
USA
Best movies:
Everybody's Fine (2009)
How to Be a Man (2013)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead (2009)
Lisa Renee Pitts
Best movies:
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Her (2013)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Ed Lover
USA
Best movies:
Juice (1992)
Who's the Man? (1993)
Undisputed (2002)