Sparkle

Sparkle

From downtown to uptown

197698 min7.3 / 10

A warm, energetic rise-to-fame story about three sisters navigating the music industry and personal struggles, grounded in Motown-era Harlem and the bonds of family.

Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s.

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