The production has only one season of four episodes. Watch the trailer.
In Netflix’s extensive catalog there is an excellent miniseries to learn more about the story of the first African woman to become a millionaire in the United States. The production has one season and only 4 episodes.
Self Made is a four-episode series starring American actress Octavia Spencer, which reflects the life of Walker, a black woman of poor origin who became a multimillionaire with a formula for hair growth.
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What is Madam CJ Walker: Self-Made Woman, Netflix miniseries about?
Based on the biography On Her Own Ground by A’Lelia Bundles, This biographical drama miniseries tells the story of pioneering black hair care magnate Madame CJ Walker, Sarah Breedlove her real namewho was born into a poor family in 1867, in the state of Louisiana, where his parents were slaves.
Walker managed to become a millionaire from scratch, relying only on her shrewdness and drive. It is a story of overcoming perseverance and success with Octavia Spencer in an exultant role.
The protagonist noticed that her hair was falling out and was afraid of going bald. So, with the help of her barber brothers, she began to experiment with different products and ended up creating a formula to make hair grow back. Since the invention worked, other people wanted to try it. Thus, Walker began his business of selling his revolutionary product door to door.
This work takes place at the dawn of the twentieth centurya time when beauty standards were closely tied to the stereotype of the white European woman, and there were no products to enhance the appearance of black women at the time. She also had to fight and prevail against racism, sexism and many other peculiarities of the time. And she far exceeded this.
Trailer for Madam CJ Walker: Self-Made Woman, Netflix miniseries
Cast of Madam CJ Walker: Self-Made Woman, Netflix miniseries
- Octavia Spencer as Madam C.J. Walker
- Tiffany Haddish as Lelia
- Carmen Ejogo as Addie
- Garrett Morris as Cleophus Walker
- Kevin Carroll as Ransom
- J. Alphonse Nicholson as John Robinson
- Blair Underwood as Charles Joseph Walker
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