Oprah Winfrey Ropes In Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker To Make Documentaries  Oprah Winfrey |
Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is set to give tough competitions to other entertainment channels by launching her new US network OWN. Winfrey has signed top Hollywood stars like, Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker and Goldie Hawn to make documentaries for her channel.
The trio, along with American actress Mariel Hemingway and Irish actor Gabriel Byrne, will produce documentaries for Winfrey's network which is set to launch next year.
Roberts will present and executive-produce ‘Extraordinary Moms’, a film looking at the power of mothers who have fought to make their kids - and the world - better, while Whitaker will produce and narrate ‘One Last Shot’, a film that goes inside Louisiana's Angola prison.
Hawn will produce, host and narrate ‘Searching for Happiness’, a documentary that will focus on positive psychology; Byrne will look at homelessness in Nashville, Tennessee with the film ‘Tent City’, and Hemingway will explore the legacy of suicide in her own family in the film ‘Seven Suicides’.
"All of these documentaries fundamentally explore human interaction, relationships and emotions. We're excited to provide viewers with new perspectives and new ways of looking at core themes that shape and affect their lives," a spokesperson for OWN informed.
