{"id":11318,"date":"2020-07-09T16:47:23","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T21:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=11318"},"modified":"2020-07-09T16:47:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T21:47:23","slug":"showtime-developing-limited-series-blackbird-lena-horne-and-america-based-on-the-life-of-lena-horne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/09\/showtime-developing-limited-series-blackbird-lena-horne-and-america-based-on-the-life-of-lena-horne\/","title":{"rendered":"Showtime Developing Limited Series &#8220;Blackbird: Lena Horne and America&#8221; Based on the Life of Lena Horne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11319\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lena_Horne_in_Till_the_Clouds_Roll_By_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lena_Horne_in_Till_the_Clouds_Roll_By_2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lena_Horne_in_Till_the_Clouds_Roll_By_2-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lena_Horne_in_Till_the_Clouds_Roll_By_2-260x168.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Lena_Horne_in_Till_the_Clouds_Roll_By_2-160x103.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SHOWTIME is developing the limited series BLACKBIRD: LENA HORNE AND AMERICA, based on the life of incomparable entertainer and activist Lena Horne. 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A direct descendant of slaves and their enslavers, Horne had to navigate stardom during Jim Crow. 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Lena&#8217;s story is so intimate and at the same time, it&#8217;s the story of America &#8211; America at its most honest, most musical, most tragic and most joyous. It&#8217;s crucial now. Especially now. She was the love of my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lumet wrote the feature <em>Rachel Getting Married<\/em> for which she received the New York Film Critics Circle Award, Toronto Film Critics Association Award, Washington D.C Film Critics Association Award and NAACP(R) Image Award. Lumet is currently the executive producer and co-creator of the upcoming CBS drama series <em>Clarice<\/em>, and serves as co-creator and showrunner of the upcoming CBS All Access(R) series <em>The Man Who Fell to Earth<\/em>. 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