The cast for Lifetime’s Biopic of the Legendary Clark Sisters is set and ready to go! Here’s more from Deadline News:
Queen Latifah is working with Mary J. Blige and Missy Elliott for feature movie The Clark Sisters: The First Ladies of Gospel. The movie will detail their humble beginnings, struggles to find their place, to later becoming the best-selling Gospel group in the music world. It will tell the story of the five Clark sisters and their mother Mattie Moss Clark. Lovecraft Country’s Aunjanue Ellis plays Moss Clark, while Christina Bell stars as Twinkie, Kierra Sheard as Karen, Sheléa Frazier as Dorinda, Raven Goodwin as Denise and Angela Birchett as Jacky.
Kierra Sheard, daughter of Karen Clark-Sheard, shared her excited for the biopic on Instagram.
The movie will feature re-recordings of some of the Clark Sisters’ hit songs such as:
“You Brought The Sunshine”
“Name It, Claim It”
and “Praying Spirit.”
We cannot wait to see this much-anticipated movie! Stay tuned for an official premiere date on Lifetime.
