Lifetime Reveals Movie Slate For January & February Starring Cush Jumbo, Tamar Braxton & More

EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime has revealed its January and February movie slate that includes a ripped from the headlines movie about catfishing and another about multigenerational eating disorders. There’s also a flick abouta new mom who searches for the truth bout her missing newborn and another about the abduction of a Philadelphia nurse’s aide at the hands of a homicidal predator.

Inspired by real events, Girl in the Video follows the story of widowed mother Mo (Cush Jumbo, The Good Wife, The Good Fight), whose daughter Krissy (Tia May Watts, The Chelsea Detective) has begun chatting online with a closet predator who ends up kidnapping her and exploiting her in sexually abusive live streams on the dark web.

Girl in the Video airs Jan. 13 and is produced by ITN Productions for Lifetime. Ian Russell serves as executive producer.  The film is written by Matthew Broughton and Neil Rawles directs. 

Inspired by true events. Dying in Plain Sight tells the story of overweight high school student Morgan Cruz (Raffa Virago, Fellow Travelers, Macy Murdoch) and her mother Kim, (Nicola Correia-Damude, The Boys, Resident Alien) who both harbor dark secrets that lead to devastating circumstances. The movie airs Jan. 20 and is from Neshama Entertainment in association with MarVista Entertainment.  Larry Grimaldi, Hannah Pillemer, Fernando Szew, Julianna Hays and Bonnie Zipursky executive produce for MarVista.  Arnie Zipursky, Dayna Zipursky and Suzanne Berger executive produce for Neshama. Michelle Ouellet directs from a script written by Lydia Genner.