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Presented as a mockumentary, Jackie's Back chronicles the life and career of Jackie Washington (Jenifer Lewis), a 1960s/1970s R&B diva. After several years of toiling in obscurity, Washington decides to organize her own comeback concert with filmmaker Edward Whatsett St. John filming the event.
Jun 14, 1999 · Jackie's Back!: Directed by Robert Townsend. With Jenifer Lewis, Tim Curry, T.V. Blake, Tangie Ambrose. "Mockumentary" on '60s diva Jackie Washington (Jenifer Lewis), whose ancestors were George Washington's slaves. Lewis is our leading lady with an incredible singing voice.
- (735)
- Comedy, Music
- Robert Townsend
- 1999-06-14
A British documentarian (Tim Curry) profiles a washed-up diva (Jenifer Lewis) as she prepares for her comeback concert.
- (16)
- Robert Townsend
- Comedy
- Jenifer Lewis
Jackie is planning her comeback tour coinciding with Edward Whatsett St. John (Tim Curry) as her interviewer. Famous faces are dishing the dirt on her, including Bette Midler, Whoopi Goldberg, David Hyde Pierce, and Chris Rock.
Mockumentary follows the stumbling comeback of forgotten pop diva, Jackie Washington (Lewis). Spoiled and temperamental, Jackie is followed by a supersilicious British doumentary filmmaker, Edward Whatsett St. John (Curry), as she prepares for a big concert as everything is in chaos around her. Flashbacks reflect on Jackie's early career.
Oct 7, 2008 · The trailer for the film "Jackie's Back". Directed by Robert Townsend. Starring Jenifer Lewis, David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry, Whoopi Goldberg and special appearances by Diahann Carroll, Tom...
- 3 min
- 42.2K
- Xenon Pictures
Jun 14, 1999 · Robert Townsend‘s “Jackie’s Back,” about the problematic “comeback” of fictional, long-forgotten pop/soul diva Jackie Washington, emerges as a successful variation on the mockumentary ...
