Showtime is developing a limited series about singer, actress and activist Lena Horne — with her granddaughter, Jenny Lumet, telling the story
., which will span 60 years of Horne's life, beginning in her teenage years as a Cotton Club dancer.
"Bringing my grandmother's story to the screen required a multi-generational effort,” said Lumet. “Grandma passed her stories to my mother, who now passes them to me, so I may pass them to the children of our family. Lena's story is so intimate and at the same time, it's the story of America — America at its most honest, most musical, most tragic and most joyous. It's crucial now. Especially now. She was the love of my life.
The series will also touch on her deepest relationships, including those with Paul Robeson, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Joe Louis, Billie Holiday, Hattie McDaniel, Ava Gardner and Orson Welles, to name a few. A direct descendant of slaves and their enslavers, Horne had to navigate stardom during Jim Crow. She laid herself down and made herself a bridge for everyone who came after her, and finally achieved her own liberation to become one of America's greatest legends.
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