Posted by | Ray Cornelius
Oscar winning-director Kevin MacDonald wants to show the world another side of the late pop music icon—Whitney Houston. The filmmaker has been given authorization by Houston’s estate to do a new revealing documentary on her life and her music that defined a generation.
According to VARIETY, the project will follow “Nippy” (her nickname) from a child singing in the church choir to her teenage years as fashion model to her meteoric rise to superstardom as a Grammy winning-entertainer. It will also examine the inner demons she dealt with and the issues that ultimately led to her death in February of 2012.
“We have access to never-before-seen footage of Whitney that charts her whole life from her beginnings singing in her Church’s gospel choir to the day of her tragic death at the age of 48, and three decades of her music including exclusive demo recordings, rare performances and audio archive. Although we won’t shy away from the darker parts of Whitney’s life — her descent into addiction — I want audiences to walk out of the cinema and feel positive about Whitney and her music. I want to reveal a woman that even her most die-hard fans never knew; and a woman those new to her life and music will never forget,” said MacDonald in a statement.
Houston is without a doubt one of the most iconic voices of the last century. She sold million of records during her career and starred in such films as “The Bodyguard” and “Waiting to Exhale.” To fans around the world she was known as “The Voice,” and inspired many other music divas such as Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Brandy and Beyoncé.
RC will keep you posted as this project continues to develop.
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