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Take A Peek At The Whitney Houston Movie Her Estate Doesn’t Mind If You See

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Take A Peek At The Whitney Houston Movie Her Estate Doesn’t Mind If You See

By Curtis M. Wong via https://www.huffingtonpost.com

Whitney Houston fans will soon be treated to “an intimate, unflinching portrait” of the legendary pop diva, who died in 2012, in a new estate-approved documentary.

Whitney,” which hits theaters this summer, “probes beyond familiar tabloid headlines and sheds new light on the spellbinding trajectory of Houston’s life,” according to a press release sent to HuffPost. (Catch a sneak peek of the film in the trailer above.)

“Using never-before-seen archival footage, exclusive demo recordings, rare performances, audio archives and original interviews with the people who knew her best, Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald unravels the mystery behind ‘The Voice,’ who thrilled millions even as she struggled to make peace with her own troubled past,” the release says.

Macdonald, whose credits include 2006’s “The Last King of Scotland,” told Rolling Stone that “Whitney” is “an intimate family story that reveals a new side to a woman that even…

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