Continuing the Legend and Preserving the Artistry

May 19, 2008 - PRLog -- The culture of African Americans has always included a love and reverence for music and the men and women who have given us their hearts and soul to music, whose entire life and legacy was dedicated to the art of creative expression through lyrics, tempo, harmonizing and arranging.

For those of us who come after these great artists, it is our
responsibility to continue to preserve their work to share with the world
and the generations that follow.  The telling of these stories have not only
met with "box office and critical" success but with a renewed respect
and interest in these musicians.  These are movies we want to see.  We want
to know who these legends were and what made them so passionate about their
art.

Diana Ross in her breakout performance in Lady Sings the Blues, the Billie
Holiday Story.  Nominated for five Oscars, and winning a Golden Globe and
BAFTA Awards, led the direction and dedication to showcasing where the music
came from.  Lynn Whitfield, two time Emmy winner for Outstanding Lead
Actress in a miniseries for the Josephine Baker Story in1991 proved that our
music as well as our artists were just as diversified and intriguing as the
music they performed.  The movie also picked up one of three Golden Globe
nominations.  And most recently giving honor and paying tribute to a legend,
Jamie Foxx in the role of Ray Charles which awarded him numerous awards
including an Academy Award, BET, Golden Globe and Image Award for Best
Actor.

Jes-Us Productions* is continuing the tradition of highlighting the
contributions, triumphs and most importantly the music of the legends of Pop
Music, Jazz and Blues by bringing the *Dinah Washington Story, "Queen Dinah"
to the big screen.  The life of Dinah Washington is the life of many
musicians of her time.  Her music was met with many accolades and included
working with many talented artists, producers and arrangers.

Born Ruth Lee Jones on August 24, 1924 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a natural
musician and singer, Dinah played piano and sang in the Sallie Mae church
choir.  Although Dinah's family pushed her into the Gospel arena, Dinah knew
that her journey was in pop music and Blues and decided not to mix the two.
After joining the Lionel Hampton Band in 1943, Dinah's star was perched
firmly upon her head and she became one of the best popular artists of her
time.  In fact her decision to sing the popular music, jazz and blues she
loved would have afforded her the title of crossover artist today.  The
seven times married Dinah died of an accidental diet pill overdose on
December 14, 1963.

Jes-Us Productions will be casting a current R&B contemporary artist as
Dinah and will begin auditions for supporting roles this summer.  The movie
will be shot on location in Detroit, Chicago and New York over a six month
period.  *Jes-Us Productions* is currently accepting financial investor
inquiries to support its existing financing.

*The Dinah Washington Story* is a story worth telling.  Her life was filled
with inner turmoil, self esteem issues, relationship drama but from that
life also came a woman whose voice and poise touched and moved us, made us
dance and sing and gave us moments of pure delight.

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