{"id":142868,"date":"2020-03-23T13:30:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T17:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=142868"},"modified":"2020-03-27T22:45:28","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T02:45:28","slug":"author-alelia-bundles-talks-netflixs-self-made-inspired-by-the-life-of-madam-c-j-walker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/author-alelia-bundles-talks-netflixs-self-made-inspired-by-the-life-of-madam-c-j-walker\/","title":{"rendered":"Author A\u2019Lelia Bundles Talks Netflix’s Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Now playing on Netflix is the four-part limited series,\u00a0\u2018Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0starring Academy Award winner\u00a0Octavia Spencer\u00a0<\/strong>stars as the trailblazing African American haircare entrepreneur who was America\u2019s first female self-made millionaire.<\/p>\n

Inspired by the book, On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker<\/strong>, written by Walker\u2019s great-great-granddaughter A\u2019Lelia Bundles<\/strong>, the Netflix original series, SELF MADE: INSPIRED BY THE LIFE OF MADAM C.J. WALKER brings the uplifting story of this cultural icon to the screen for the first time.<\/p>\n

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The series will recount the untold story of how Walker (real name Sarah Breedlove), a black hair care pioneer and mogul, overcame hostile turn-of-the-century America, post-slavery racial and gender biases, epic rivalries, tumultuous marriages and some trifling family to become America\u2019s first black, self-made female millionaire as she simultaneously fought for social change.<\/p>\n

The cast also includes\u00a0Blair Underwood<\/strong>\u00a0as her husband C.J. Walker,\u00a0Tiffany Haddish<\/strong>\u00a0as her daughter Lelia,\u00a0Carmen Ejogo<\/strong>\u00a0as Walker\u2019s business rival Addie Munroe,\u00a0Garrett Morris<\/strong>\u00a0as Walker\u2019s father-in-law,\u00a0Kevin Carroll<\/strong>\u00a0as her longtime lawyer Freeman Ransom and\u00a0Bill Bellamy<\/strong>\u00a0as Ransom\u2019s cousin Sweetness.<\/p>\n