TheIndustry.biz was in the building the other night at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills for a private screening of BET’s new TV Movie, “BEING MARY JANE.” Joined by the cast of the show and BET”s Debra Lee, the room was packed with the who’s who of the BET Network.
Created and written by Mara Brock Akil and directed by Salim Akil, “BEING MARY JANE” stars Gabrielle Union, Lisa Vidal, Margaret Avery, Richard Brooks, B.J. Britt, Raven Goodwin, Aaron D. Spears, Richard Roundtree, Omari Hardwick, Robin Lee, Latarsha Rose, Tika Sumpter and Stephen Bishop.
The main character Mary Jane Paul, who is played by Gabrielle Union, happens to be part of a growing American statistic – the highly successful single, black female. As a successful television news anchor, Mary Jane does not have a husband or children to call her own, yet