On January 28th, 2021, we lost a beloved legend - our twin flame has ascended from this earthly plane beyond the veil to the heavens. This is part 1 of a 2 part special exploring the truth of Toni Morrison’s maxim - "You are your own best thing." This soulful love note to the ancestor and incandescent spirit of Cicely Tyson is celebrated by some of the brightest Hollywood and Broadway prodigies to have known or worked with her. Blair Underwood, Vanessa Williams, Tim Reid, LaChanze, and Tori Reid give their stirring recollections of Cicely Tyson, a singular luminescence. Cicely Tyson is our twin flame, a spirit separated from one body but reflecting the light of all of us, for all of us, to all of us. More than an actress, performer, Hollywood wunderkind, or civil rights activist, she is reminisced upon as our love, the exemplar of excellence, matriarchal regality, the greatest of all time, and an unrelenting warrior queen.
Cicely Tyson… was our own best thing.
Credits:
Guests:
Blair Underwood
Vanessa Williams
Tim Reid
La Chanze
Host and Producer: Tori Reid
Executive Producer: Patrick A. Howell
Co-Executive Producer: Tori Reid
Producer: William Broughton
Writer(s): Patrick A. Howell and Tori Reid
Recorded and Edited by William Broughton
Voiceover Artist(s): Vïntóry Blake Moore and Patrick A. Howell
Logo Photography: Bobby Holland / MPTV Images
Photo credit for Cicely Tyson: Unknown
Music:
Intro – “Consumer” from “The Year of 11 Project”
Outro – Produced by Stereo Mixtrumental
a Victory & Noble production
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Here's to Life with Tori Reid is a show about living your best life, living it out loud and always using the reservoir of the spirit to fill in life's valleys and mountain tops. Find more of our shows at www.HerestoLifeEveryday.com, also find out more about our host Tori Reid on Instagram at www.instagram.com/iamtorireid.