Self Made: The Life of Madam CJ Walker
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Self Made: The Life of Madam CJ Walker |
| Original title | Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam CJ Walker |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| year | 2020 |
| Production company |
SpringHill Entertainment Orit Entertainment Wonder Street Warner Bros. Television |
| length | 45 - 49 minutes |
| Episodes | 4 in 1 season ( list ) |
| genre | drama |
| Director |
Kasi Lemmons DeMane Davis |
| production | DeMane Davis Eric Oberland Lena Cordina |
| music | Larry Goldings |
| Initial release | March 20, 2020 on Netflix |
First publication in German |
March 20, 2020 on Netflix |
| occupation | |
Self Made: The life of Madam CJ Walker (English Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam CJ Walker ; short self-made ) is an American biographical drama - miniseries about Madam CJ Walker , one of the first self-made -Millionärinnen in the United States, based on the biography On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam CJ Walker. by A'Lelia Bundles, a descendant of Walker's adopted granddaughter. The four-part season appeared on Netflix on March 20, 2020.
background
Self Made is based on the biography On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam CJ Walker by A'Lelia Bundles, the granddaughter of Mae Walker, who was adopted by Lelia, Walker's daughter. In November 2016, Zero Gravity Management acquired the film option to develop a miniseries starring Octavia Spencer as the lead actress and producer. The William Morris Agency , which also represents LeBron James in addition to Spencer , promoted the project to this, whereupon he joined as executive producer with his production company SpringHill Entertainment. In July 2018, Netflix ordered an eight-part series with the likely title Madam CJ Walker . The other main cast was announced in August 2019. At the beginning of January 2020, Netflix announced the title of the four-part series Self Made and the release date and showed the first pictures. A trailer was released on February 25, 2020, the series on March 20.
action
Self Made tells the career advancement of Sarah Breedlove, later called Madam CJ Walker, a laundress to a successful entrepreneur selling her own hair care products, and also covers topics such as her competition with Addie Munroe (actually Annie Malone), the breakup of her Marriage and how she brings her daughter Lelia Robinson, later A'Lelia Walker, into the business in New York.
Episode list
| No. | German title | Original title | Director | script |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The fight of the century | The Fight of the Century | Kasi Lemmons | Nicole Jefferson Asher |
| Sarah Breedlove, a laundress with hair loss, is treated by Addie Munroe, who sells her own hair care products. When she secretly sells products for Addie, she insultingly belittles her. Sarah decides to sell her own products and moves her family to Indianapolis , where she runs a successful business in her home. When Addie shows up there and opens up competition, Sarah wants to outdo her with a larger offer, while the house burns down during production. Sarah decides to call herself Madam CJ Walker from now on. | ||||
| 2 | On your own head | Bootstraps | Kasi Lemmons | Janine Sherman Barrois |
| After making a down payment on a factory building, Sarah looks for investors and hopes to win the support of Booker T. Washington at a National Negro Business League convention . She is not given the opportunity to speak there, but talks to his wife Margaret, and Sarah's husband apparently manages to invite to a dinner party, to which Washington does not appear. On the next day of the Congress, Sarah storms the stage and promotes female entrepreneurship, but is disgraced sexistically by Washington: the black woman must be relegated to her place. After all, it's the women from Margaret's Club who invest in Sarah. | ||||
| 3 | A walker girl | The Walker Girl | DeMane Davis | Elle Johnson |
| After the Gibson Girl, CJ developed the Walker Girl's advertising campaign and Sarah wanted to launch a new product in discount stores in New York City . Instead of her husband, she takes her daughter to where they meet WEB Du Bois . Meanwhile, CJ begins an affair with Dora Larrie, one of Sarah's top five representatives who Addie poached. When Sarah returns, she catches them both. Lelia, who has a mistress in the worker Esther, finds out that her husband is spying on John for Addie and divorces him. She goes back to New York to open her mother's shop. | ||||
| 4th | Proud business woman | A credit to the race | DeMane Davis | Nicole Jefferson Asher |
| Sarah learns that she will die of kidney failure and urges Lelia to find an heir. She invites all of her representatives to a convention in her New York mansion. Lelia sets up contact with a drugstore chain to bring the products to a department store. The girl Fairy Mae is hired as a model for a related advertising campaign. Because Sarah doesn't want to sign CJ's divorce papers, Dora reveals to Addie that Sarah's formula is hers, and Addie threatens to sue her. The workers go on strike at the congress because they fear for their jobs due to the deal with the department store, so Sarah cancels the deal again, and Lelia presents her heir: Fairy Mae, who she adopts. | ||||
| All episodes were released worldwide on March 20, 2020 on Netflix . | ||||
Cast and dubbing
The German synchronization was for a dialogue book of Sabine Sebastian and the dialogue director of Dana Linkiewicz by the TV + Synchron GmbH in Berlin.
| role | description | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Breedlove / Madam CJ Walker | Octavia Spencer | Arianne Borbach | |
| Lelia Robinson | Walker's daughter | Tiffany Haddish | Dascha Lehmann |
| Addie Munroe (real: Annie Malone) | Walker's competitor | Carmen Ejogo | Ghadah Al-Akel |
| Charles James Walker | Walker's husband | Blair Underwood | Matti Klemm |
| Cleophus | Walker's father-in-law | Garrett Morris | Freimut Götsch |
| Ransom | Walker's lawyer | Kevin Carroll | Marcus Off |
| John Robinson | Lelia's husband | J. Alphonse Nicholson | |
| Esther | Lelia's mistress | Mouna Traoré | |
| Dora Larrie | CJ's mistress | Sydney Morton |
Web links
- Self Made: The life of Madam CJ Walker on Fernsehserien.de
- Self Made: The life of Madam CJ Walker in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva: Octavia Spencer to star in and produce Mdam CJ Walker limited series for Zero Gravity . In: Deadline . November 10, 2016. Accessed March 23, 2020.
- ↑ Justin Kroll: Octavia Spencer, LeBron James team on TV series about entrepeneur Madam CJ Walker . In: Variety . August 15, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva: Netflix Orders 'Madam CJ Walker' Limited Series Starring Octavia Spencer & Produced By LeBron James - TCA . In: Deadline . July 29, 2018. Accessed March 23, 2020.
- ↑ Jennifer Maas: Tiffany Haddish, Blair Underwood Join Octavia Spencer in Netflix's 'Madam CJ Walker' . In: The Wrap . August 6, 2019. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- ↑ Dino-Ray Ramos: Netflix sets premiere date for 'Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam CJ Walker', unveils first look at Octavia Spencer limited series . In: Deadline . January 2, 2020. Accessed March 23, 2020.
- ↑ Breanna Bell: TV News Roundup: Netflix Unveil's 'Self Made' Trailer Starring Octavia Spencer . In: Variety . February 25, 2020. Accessed March 23, 2020.
- ↑ a b Self Made - The Life of Madam CJ Walker. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 23, 2020 .