By Clarise Quintero ·Updated July 25, 2022
After the screening of Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story, attendees at the 2022 ESSENCE Festival of Culture sat in on a Q+A panel with the creatives who took part in the film, including entertainers Ledisi, Vanessa Estelle Williams and Columbus Short, director Vince Allen, and writer Ericka Malone.
When asked about the casting process for the iconic Mahaila Jackson herself, Malone didn’t hesitate to
