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Life Is Not a Fairy Tale
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Wikipedia article
'Life Is Not a Fairy Tale' is a book describing the life of 'American Idol' (season 3) winner Fantasia Barrino, and her rise to national prominence. The book later became a television movie shown on Lifetime.
Book
'Life Is Not a Fairy Tale' by Fantasia
In her autobiography 'Life Is Not a Fairy Tale', a 'New York Times' bestseller, Fantasia tells of her rise from high-school dropout to music star.
As an 'American Idol' contestant, she captured the hearts of millions with her extraordinary voice and sassy style, with those qualities she won the talent contest and became a nationally prominent singer. But her life began much more humbly. At the age of seventeen, despite her remarkable talent, Fantasia was an uneducated, unmarried teenage mother living in poverty. She was faced with many tough battles growing up in the city of High Point, North Carolina, which is mainly famous for its furniture Market. She shows respect and admiration to the strong women who raised her, her mother and grandmother, both preachers who instilled in her a strong faith in God. Both women struggled with the same issues as Fantasia at a young age which made Fantasia realize that she would only be headed down the same dead end path if she didn't make a change for the better.
Film
'Life Is Not A Fairy Tale: The Fantasia Barrino Story' is a 2006 American biographical film directed by Debbie Allen, loosely based on the life of American singer Fantasia Barrino. The film was adapted from the book 'Life Is Not A Fairy Tale' written by Fantasia.
Overview
In this Lifetime original movie, director Debbie Allen gives viewers a first hand look at the struggles Fantasia faced before/during her rise to fame. The movie begins with Fantasia's humble beginnings, growing up in a close knit God-fearing family that faced its own personal demons of struggling with their dreams. Fantasia faces problems with her self-esteem, sexual abuse, teen pregnancy and her faith as she fights to overcome her mistakes at a young age. This movie depicted from her best selling biopic of the same name, provides an emotional example of what you can achieve when believing in yourself.The movie premiered on Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 9:00 PM EST. It was Lifetime's second most watched movie in its 22-year history, with more than nineteen million viewers tuning in during the August 1920 weekend. The movie was ranked the number one basic cable movie premiere in 2006 among women ages 1849. Weekend online traffic to Lifetimetv.com rose by more than seventy percent during that weekend. [http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060822/nytu132.html]
In 2007, the movie and its actors including Fantasia, Loretta Devine and Kadeem Hardison were nominated for 4 NAACP Image Awards. Kadeem Hardison won his award. It was also nominated for a 2007 Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Movie.
Cast
* Fantasia Barrino as herself
** Jamia Simone Nash as young Fantasia
* Viola Davis as Diane Barrino
* Kadeem Hardison as Joseph Barrino
* Loretta Devine as Addie Collins
* Thomas Tah Hyde III as Rico Barrino
** Paul Amadi as young Rico
* Terrance Thomas as Teeny
* Deanna Dawn as Ruby
* Chico Benymon as Rodney Birks
* Norman Nixon Jr. as Dwayne
Soundtrack
Although a soundtrack was never released for the film, many songs were performed throughout the film. The following track listing are the songs that are performed in order throughout the film.
Track listing
#"Chain of Fools" Fantasia#"Respect Yourself" Viola Davis
#"Wade in the Water" Viola Davis
#"The Lord is Blessing Me" Viola Davis & Jamia Simone Nash
#"ABC" Jamia Simone Nash, Paul Amadi, & Terrance Thomas
#"Almighty God" Viola Davis
#"Pass Me Not" Fantasia, Viola Davis, and Loretta Davis
#"Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours Fantasia
#"Proud Mary Fantasia
#"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Fantasia
#"Almighty God" Viola Davis & Loretta Davis
#"Summertime Fantasia
#"God Bless the Child" Fantasia
#"I Wanna Hear You Say (Do You Love Me)" Fantasia
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