(This article was originally published on Examiner.Com on June 11, 2016.)
Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story will premiere on Sunday, June 12 at 7 p.m. ET (encore presentation at 9 p.m. ET).on TV One/ The movie stars Teyonah Parris in the title role. The movie will also features a special cameo appearance from Miki Howard herself. This is the the network’s first-ever bio-pic inspired by TV One’s signature series “Unsung”.
As a part of TV One’s Black Music Month celebration, Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story features a star-studded ensemble cast opposite Parris, including Darius McCrary as Gerald Levert; Vanessa Bell Calloway as Miki’s mother Josephine Howard; Gary Dourdan as Augie Johnson; LisaRaye McCoy as Sylvia Rhone; and Amari Cheatom as Eddie Phelps.
Before topping Billboard’s R&B charts, Howard was a homeless teenager estranged from her gospel singer mother and looking for love and success. Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story candidly explores the complicated history of Howard’s romantic relationship with R&B singer Gerald Levert, her relationship with her mother, and her battles to overcome spousal abuse and drug addiction.
Howard is excited to have her story told as an original movie to encourage dialogue about important topics affecting women of color. “We need to have a conversation about many of the things that happened to me as a young woman coming up in show business and being an African-American woman,” she sai in a statement. “I don’t think we talk about enough things that are prevalent in our community, such as spousal abuse and trying to live up to expectations that are not our own.”
Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story is produced by Eric Tomosunas and Carl Craig for Swirl Films. Christine Swanson serves as Director and the screenplay was written by Christine Swanson and Rhonda F. Baraka. Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story was filmed on location in Savannah, Georgia.
For more information about TV One’s Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story, visit the network’s companion website at www.tvone.tv.
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