EPISODE
SCHEDULE
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker - Season 1
Following the true story of Madam C.J. Walker, an ambitious African American woman, who manages to get rid of the abusive life she has, through hard working and ambition, as she sets up her own business in black hair caring to become the first African American female to have a successful business.
7 April 1965, Newark, New Jersey, USA
18 March 1982, Detroit, Michigan, USA
4 August 1964, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
March 18, 2020
Self Made will introduce a new generation to this remarkable woman which is the advantage of this series; however, the disadvantage is that the audience will only get a glimpse into Madam C.J Walker instead of a full vibrant picture.
March 20, 2020
Standout performances by Spencer, Ejogo and more make Self Made a pleasurable watch.
March 20, 2020
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker is uplifting, fun, and relevant.
March 13, 2020
A smart, genuine portrayal of a venerable figure.
March 18, 2020
As a piece of scholastic infotainment, the series has tons of merit. But as a piece of prestige television, it falls short.
March 20, 2020
Too often, Self-Made feels like a portrait of an insurrectionist standing in a white void.
March 18, 2020
Its reverence towards Walker isn't matched by stodgy storytelling; it finds in moments a briskness and charge that might elude a more straightforwardly told period drama.
March 20, 2020
A solid but unspectacular effort, more interesting finally for its subject matter than its execution. Walker's life is, clearly, a story worth telling, and as basically a longish movie split into four chapters, it's a reasonably concise package.
March 20, 2020
Spencer's performance is dazzling. The role of pioneer comes naturally to her, and her character shows the scars of what it means to be a successful woman in a community and era where there were few.
March 20, 2020
It's ultimately, thankfully, Spencer's show and she's in supreme command, selling every second of Walker's story as well as convincing us, and hopefully any director that's watching, that she deserves more time in the spotlight.
March 20, 2020
What it doesn't do, across four episodes and 190 minutes, is give a very strong idea of who Walker was or how she accomplished what she did.
March 19, 2020
A compelling if clunky drama about an important figure.
