A New Joe Jackson Documentary Is Coming, But It May Be Too Little, Too Late to Rehab His Image

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LAS VEGAS – OCTOBER 28: Joe Jackson attends a press conference at the Brenden Theatres inside the Palms Casino Resort to announce plans to build a performing arts center in Gary, Indana on October 28, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images)Just months after the “Michael” biopic broke box-office records, a new Jackson family project about the famous patriarch, Joe, is in the works. We’re a Black family that came from Indiana, and we broke all kinds of records from all around the globe. CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 23: Joe Jackson attends the “Clouds Of Sils Maria” premiere during the 67th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 23, 2014 in Cannes, France. (We’d be remiss if we didn’t remind you that Joe made his children refer to him as Joseph instead of “dad” or “father.”)