Whitney Houston plays Jordin Sparks’ (Sparkle) mother in the remake of a 1976 movie that originally starred Lonette McKee and Irene Cara. "Whitney’s very motherly, very nurturing, very sweet. It’s been so much fun being around her,” Sparks tells ESSENCE.
Houston plays Effie, a downtrodden single mother to a trio of singing sisters played by Jordin Sparks, Tika Sumpter and Carmen Ejogo.
Sparkle (Sparks) and friend Stix (Derek Luke) chart out their dreams of musical success in a scene from the upcoming movie. It just so happens that Stix is in love with Sparkle.
The Williams sisters (Tika Sumpter, Jordin Sparks, Carmen Ejogo), singing together since they were little girls in the church, soon realize that their dreams of success as a trio come at a heavy price for their family.
Whitney Houston plays Jordin Sparks’ (Sparkle) mother in the remake of a 1976 movie that originally starred Lonetta McKee and Irene Cara. "Whitney’s very motherly, very nurturing, very sweet. It’s been so much fun being around her,” Sparks tells ESSENCE.
