Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

A single mother’s American Idol audition helps her rise above a history of poverty, sexual abuse, and illiteracy to achieve national prominence.

• Debbie AllenDirector
• Keith GloverWriter
• Rickey MinorOriginal Music Composer

• Fantasia BarrinoFantasia Barrino
• Viola DavisDiane Barrino
• Loretta DevineAddie Collins
• Ashley LeConte CampbellMs. Windsor
• Kadeem HardisonJoseph Barrino
• Chico BenymonRodney Birks
• Jamia Simone NashYoung Fantasia
• JoNell KennedyBarbara
• Cedric PendletonJohnny Lee
• Julius TennonMr. Emanuel
• Thomas Tah Hyde IIIRico Barrino
• Paula AbdulSelf