Impact Network to launch Women’s Celebration Month in March
The 100% Black Owned, Impact Network plans to honor Women’s History Month in March with its own unique spin! The network has rebranded the month Women’s Celebration Month with its Women of Impact campaign that celebrates the impact of Black female voices, stories, and accomplishments across various sectors. The array of stars that will grace their screen during the month in powerful, female, Black leading roles will include Angela Bassett, Danielle Brooks, Blige Mary J. Blige, and Kierra Sheard-Kelly with Executive producers Missy Elliot, and Queen Latifah to name a few.
The newly rebranded entertainment network, that recently announced a multi-year content licensing agreement withA+E Media Group® (The Impact Network and A+E Media Group Partner for Multi-Year Content Licensing Agreement), continues to expand its roster of “family first” entertainment that focuses on programming that the whole family can enjoy together thus continuing to provide the Black community with positive stories of the culture that educate, enrich and entertain.
In conjunction with Impact’s Women’s Celebration Month Impact is showcasing feature films with strong black female leads such as:
The SAG Award, Critics’ Choice, and NAACP Image Award nominated movie Betty & Coretta starring multi – award winning and Academy Award nominated actress, Angela Bassett and nine-time Grammy Award Winning artist, Mary J. Blige.
The NAACP Image Award-nominated motion picture. The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel from Grammy-winning executive produced by multi-award winners, Blige, Latifah, Mary J. Blige and Missy Elliot
The Real MVP-The Wanda Durant Story, an inspiring film and true story of NBA great Kevin Durant's mother Wanda and her dedication to raise one of the greatest basketball players in the world and starring actress Cassandra Freeman (Peacock’s original series “Bel-Air.”)
Robin Roberts’ Mahalia biopic starring Dainielle Brooks (The Color Purple) which chronicles the life of the gospel legend and civil rights trailblazer, Mahalia Jackson.
Twist of Faith, Starring multi-Grammy Award winner, Toni Braxton, and David Julian Hirsh. A single Christian mother and an Orthodox Jewish widower share a passion for music that draws them together despite their different faiths.
“GIRLFRIEND INTERVENTION” an 8-episode non-scripted series a makeover series that breaks down barriers between Black and white women as a team of four feisty, high-energy, Black female experts in various fields help transform white women's lives by giving them their secrets to style & self-improvement.