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The Jacksons: An American Dream: With Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Angela Bassett, Holly Robinson Peete, Margaret Avery. The story of the Jackson family and their rise to success.
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Cast. Lawrence Hilton Jacobs as Joe Jackson. Angela Bassett as Katherine Jackson. Holly Robinson Peete as Diana Ross. Margaret Avery as Martha Scruse. Billy Dee Williams as Berry Gordy. Vanessa Williams as Suzanne de Passe. Wylie Draper as Michael Jackson (ages 17–26) Abolade David Olatunde as Michael Jackson (baby)
- November 15 –, November 18, 1992
- ABC
Showing all 5 items. Jump to: Quotes (5) Michael Jackson : We're embarking on this tour for many reasons, but mainly because of our mother. Our father, too, for the dream that they had... an American dream... that started a long, long time ago, when our ancestors came here... slaves... oppressed people... beaten down, beaten up...
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This is not a biopic of Michael Jackson. As the title states, it is about the Jackson family, being based on Katherine Jackson’s autobiography ‘My Family’. The subtitle of the biopic, ‘An American Dream’ also gets a fair work-out, with members of the family referring to their dreams of a better life, ad nauseum.
- Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
The selfish part of me appreciates what Joe Jackson did, whereas the compassionate part of me despises what he did. What was it he did you ask? Created the Jackson 5 and by extension of that Michael Jackson. "The Jacksons: An American Dream" is about Joe Jackson's dream.
The Jacksons: An American Dream is a five-hour American miniseries that premiered on ABC in 1992. It is based on the early and successful years of the Jackson family from their career at Motown to the beginning of Michael's solo career.
1 h 31 min. TV-PG. The struggles of young Michael Jackson as he faces his eventual solo superstardom as well as his difficult relationship with his father. Father Joe Jackson was relentless in his pursuit of five of his sons pursuing excellence as a song and dance group, naming them The Jackson 5.
