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Roberta Flack
Follow music icon Roberta Flack from a piano lounge through her rise to stardom. From “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” to “Killing Me Softly,” Flack’s virtuosity was inseparable from her commitment to civil rights. Detailing her story in her own words, the film features exclusive access to Flack’s archives and interviews with Rev. Jesse Jackson, Peabo Bryson and more.
Episode Clips
Clint Eastwood loved "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
Clint Eastwood loved Roberta Flack's song "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."
How Roberta Flack created soul with "getting-togetherness"
Roberta Flack performed with all of that soulful "getting-toggetherness."
The origin of Flack's hit "Killing Me Softly With His Song"
How Roberta Flack made "Killing Me Softly With His Song" her own.
Roberta Flack was a child piano prodigy
Growing up, Roberta Flack was known as a piano prodigy who "could play anything."
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