Over the past few years, Lifetime has made a serious play for Black female viewers. Between novel adaptations like A Day Late and A Dollar Short, Sins of the Mother, and With This Ring, to biopics on Whitney Houston and Aaliyah, Lifetime TV is trying to give Black women what they want–quality programming. Now, the network is training its lens on Toni Braxton.
Borrowing its name from Braxton’s biggest hit, Unbreak My Heart follows the singer’s journey in the music business, beginning with her discovery by L.A. Reid and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds, to her battle with Lupus. The film also explores how Braxton has bounced back from stinging setbacks like her very public divorce, her son’s autism, her family’s drama, and her financial woes.
Unbreak My Heart was directed by veteran Vondie Curtis Hall and stars newcomer Lex Scott Davis.
Take a look at the first sneak peek below.
✨See the story of a legend in #UnbreakMyHeart coming in January.✨ https://t.co/4ZuDQm4Iu5
— Lifetime (@lifetimetv) December 15, 2015
The film premieres January 23 at 8pm. Will you be watching?
December 17, 2015 -
Lifetime is so cheesy
December 17, 2015 -
I feel you Sister.
December 17, 2015 -
We shall see what the Toni Braxton biopic will turn out to be.
December 17, 2015 -
Hopefully this is better than that terrible Aaliyah Lifetime movie.
December 18, 2015 -
Me too Sister.
December 18, 2015 -
The Whitney move was bad too I heard and the Aaliyah move was a disaster as well. Lifetime is just awful to me.
December 18, 2015 -
It was! I don’t know what is up with Lifetime wanting to do these biopics and behind the scenes movies of celebrities and television shows because they are never good.
December 19, 2015 -
All I know is they are terrible and unwatchable.
December 18, 2015 -
The Aaliyah movie was worse than the Whitney movie (which was lackluster as well) too.
RIP Aaliyah
RIP Whitney Houston.
December 19, 2015 -
I won’t be tuning in! They don’t give any thought to the casting or the storyline. If you are going to represent our black artists, at least put some effort into it.
You don’t get my time when you put out a piss poor product.