Roberta Flack Reveals ALS Prognosis
Roberta Flack has been residing with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The progressive neurodegenerative illness, also referred to as Lou Gehrig’s Illness, has “made it unattainable [for Flack] to sing and never straightforward to talk,” in response to a press launch.
The information of Flack’s analysis was shared in a press launch that additionally famous {that a} documentary in regards to the singer will premiere this month on the Doc NYC competition. Directed, produced, and written by Antonino D’Ambrosio, Roberta Flack options archival footage and interviews with Reverend Jesse Jackson, Yoko Ono, Angela Davis, and extra. The film might be out there to the general public on Tuesday, January 24, 2023, on PBS.
The press launch additionally made point out that, subsequent yr, Flack will publish The Inexperienced Piano: How Little Me Discovered Music, an autobiographical image e-book co-written by Tonya Bolden with art work by Hayden Goodman. That’s out January 10 by way of Anne Schwartz Books, an imprint of Random Home Kids’s Books.