SPARKLE (BILINGUAL)

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• Release Year: 2012
• Genre: Drama, Music
• Plot: A talented young woman is torn between her dreams and her family in this musical. Sparkle (Jordin Sparks) has been blessed with a beautiful voice and a gift for songwriting, but she's afraid to perform her songs in public, in part because her mother Emma (Whitney Houston), a former entertainer whose career brought her nothing but heartache, refuses to allow her daughters to sing outside of church. But Sparkle persuades her older sibling Sister (Carmen Ejogo) to sing one of her tunes at a talent show, and the reaction proves that Sister has star quality and Sparkle can write potential hits. An ambitious would-be manager, Stix (Derek Luke), persuades Sparkle and Sister to form a singing group with their sibling Dolores (Tika Sumpter), but while the act clicks wit audiences, the sisters have to contend with their angry mother, Sister gets caught up in a destructive relationship with a short-tempered comedian (Mike Epps), and Sparkle finds herself falling in love with Stix.
• Cast: Jordin Sparks, Whitney Houston, Derek Luke, Mike Epps, Carmen Ejogo, Tika Sumpter, Omari Hardwick, CeeLo Green, Curtis Armstrong, Terrence Jenkins, Tamela J. Mann, Michael Beach, Brely Evans, Linda Boston, Sidi Henderson, Erika Hoveland, Debra Port, Kem, Sarah Hansen, Doug Mingo, Mark Rademacher, David Regal, Cory Pritchett, Howard Rosenman, Robert Forte Shannon III, Margaret Scott, Goapele Mohlabane, Fatima Morris, Keeley Morris, Brittany Perry-Russell, Charmaine Jordan, Dalibor Stolevski, Tiffany Alexander, Stephanie Moseley, Temecha Myers, Ruth E. Carter, Melora Rivera, Arnold Agee, Lynn Anderson, Delaney Baynham II, Toya D. Brazell, Michael Stephen Bryant, Michael W. Campbell Jr., Michael B. Clark, Deborah Claybaugh, Andrew Dow, Sabrina Dungan, Tiffani Elise Edwards, Helena Ellison, James Feaheny, Jacqueline Forton, Steve Gast, Pam German, David Glahn, Ron Heisler, Tim Jenkins, Krystal Katz, Shirley Moon Koebbe, Abe Larkin, Norine Marsh, Ralph H. Meyer, Mikal, Da'Ron Mitchell, Jill Opal Oliver, Terri Partyka, Krishawn Peace, Ryan Pearson, Vincent Pelligrino, DaJuan Rippy, Nicholas Ritz, Julie Ariane Russell, Stephanie Schaberg, Kristyn Shelley, Gary Lee Simpson, Nikki Smith, Connie Sonnenberg, Eric Adam Swenson, Eric Tuchelske, Mark Allan White, Mozi Zhuli, Salim Akil, Mara Brock Akil, Joel Schumacher
• Director: Salim Akil
• Runtime: 1:56
• Media Format: Movie