Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story

{{Short description|Biographical film by Christine Swanson}}

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| image = Love Under New Management- The Miki Howard Story.jpg

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| director = Christine Swanson

| writer = Rhonda Baraka
Christine Swanson

| based_on =

| producer = {{Plainlist|

• Teyonah Parris
• Carl Craig
• Ron Robinson
• Eric Tomosunas

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| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Teyonah Parris
• Gary Dourdan
• Darius McCrary
• Amari Cheatom
• LisaRaye McCoy
• Vanessa Bell Calloway

}}

| cinematography = Tommy Maddox-Upshaw

| editor = Grisha Alasadi

| music = Kurt Farquhar

| company = Swirl Films

| network = TV One

| released = {{Start date|2016|06|12}}

| runtime = 120 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $2,000,000

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Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story is a 2016 American biographical musical drama film directed by Christine Swanson and written by Swanson and Rhonda Baraka.{{Cite web|url=https://www.swirlfilms.com/our-work/love-under-new-management-the-miki-howard-story/|title=Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story}} The film stars Teyonah Parris as R&B and Jazz singer Miki Howard. The film follows Howard's time as a homeless teenager to her abusive relationship with Eddie Phelps and drug addiction to becoming a Grammy Award-nominated singer. The film also starring Gary Dourdan, Darius McCrary, Amari Cheatom, LisaRaye McCoy and Vanessa Bell Calloway as her mother, gospel singer Josephine Howard.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/love_under_new_management_the_miki_howard_story|title=Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story - Rotten Tomatoes|website=www.rottentomatoes.com}} Howard also appears in a special cameo. The title refer to her song "Love Under New Management". It premiered on TV One on June 12, 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.essence.com/celebrity/miki-howard-biopic-tvone-teyonah-paris-struggles-success-singer-stardom/|title=Miki Howard Biopic Details Struggles and Success of Singer's Stardom|date=October 27, 2020|website=Essence}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/miki-howard-love-under-new-management-biopic-interview-7401210/|title='God Never Left Me': R&B Songstress Miki Howard Talks 'Love Under New Management' Biopic|first=Gail|last=Mitchell|magazine=Billboard |date=June 10, 2016}}