A new documentary focusing on Joe Jackson — the domineering father and manager of the hit-making Jackson 5 and the man who helped launch the massively successful careers of his son Michael and his daughter Janet — is in the works. The new project, which is being developed with the help of Jackson’s son Marlon, is set to debut on BLK Prime. The film has renewed attention in the Jackson family and Joe’s own legacy within it. By the time they reached adulthood, most of the Jackson siblings dismissed Joe as their manager. “We are a Black family that came from Gary, Indiana, and we broke all kinds of records around the globe.