Amazon has dropped the first trailer for Mary J. Blige’s My Life, the upcoming documentary on the R&B icon.
Directed by Vanessa Roth, the film is produced by Ashaunna K. Ayars and Q. Nicole Jackson. The executive producers are Mary J. Blige, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Tara Long, Mark Ford, Kevin Lopez, Jeffrey Harleston and Jody Gerson.
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Here’s the official description: Nine-time Grammy®-winning recording artist and Academy Award nominated singer and actress Mary J. Blige set the music world on fire with her trailblazing 1994 LP “My Life,” a collection of powerful confessionals about her battles with abuse, depression and addiction that forged a profound and enduring connection with millions of fans around the globe. In Oscar®-winning filmmaker Vanessa Roth’s documentary Mary J. Blige’s My Life, the singer, producer and actress reveals the demons and blessings that inspired the record and propelled her from the soul-crushing world of New York’s housing projects to international stardom. In the process, she celebrates the 25th anniversary of her most influential work by performing the album live for the first time.
“I have long admired Mary as an artist, an icon, and a strong, fearless woman,”Tara Long, eOne’s President of Global Unscripted, Television, in a previous statement. The story of her life has inspired us enormously and we are thrilled to be making this project with her and her team, Ashaunna and Nicole. Mary’s album “My Life” is both iconic and tremendously impactful, we hope that by bringing it to screens we can continue to inspire audiences around the world as her music has done for decades.”
The film will be released on June 25 on Amazon Prime Video.
Watch the trailer below:
