Veteran television broadcaster Robin Roberts, who celebrates her 65th birthday today, is preparing a biopic on the late, Grammy-winning singer Roberta Flack – a performer Roberts has lauded as “a trailblazer”.
As was first reported by Deadline’s Peter White earlier this month, Roberts’ production company, Rock’n Robin Productions, is working with Flack’s managers, Suzanne Mina Koga and Joan Martin, on the film.
Rock’n Robin is also planning a documentary on Flack’s life, White revealed.
“Powerful and purposeful”
“Roberta was a trailblazer – powerful and purposeful with her music and intention,” Roberts said in a statement. “From the first note of every song, you feel Roberta’s tender heart and powerful soul through the microphone.
“She taught us that the softest voice can carry the deepest truth. It’s an honor to help share her remarkable life and legacy with a new generation, as her music continues to move and inspire the world.”
Best known for her hit covers of the songs “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “Killing Me Softly With His Song”, Flack died in February this year, at the age of 88.
The North Carolina native reached No. 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with both tracks, which won the Record of the Year Grammy in 1973 and 1974, respectively. For “Killing Me Softly With His Song”, she also scooped the Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Flack, who had a further No. 1 success with 1974’s “Feel Like Makin’ Love”, was given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000.
What other shows and films has Robin Roberts produced?
Roberts, who has co-anchored the ABC breakfast show Good Morning America since 2005, has driven numerous major TV and film projects through Rock’n Robin, a firm she founded in 2012.
Notably, the company produced the recent ABC/Hulu special Hurricane Katrina: 20 Years After the Storm, in which Roberts looked back at the category-five hurricane that left nearly 1,400 people dead in Louisiana in August 2005.
Rock’n Robin’s list of credits also includes A King Like Me, a 2024 Netflix documentary on the Zulu Club, New Orleans’ first Black Mardi Gras krewe.
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