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From Academy Award Winner director Kevin Macdonald comes the untold story of Whitney for the first time!

The documentary feature Whitney is an intimate, unflinching portrait of Houston and her family that probes beyond familiar tabloid headlines and sheds new light on the spellbinding trajectory of Houston’s life.Whitney Houston broke more music industry records than any other female singer in history. With over 200 million album sales worldwide, she was the only artist to chart seven consecutive U.S. No. 1 singles. She also starred in several blockbuster movies, such as in her film debut The Bodyguard starring against Kevin Costner as a pop music superstar, before her brilliant career gave way to erratic behaviour, scandals and death at age 48.

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 (The Last King of Scotland, Touching the Void) unravels the mystery behind “The Voice,” who thrilled millions of people around the world even though she struggled to make peace with her own troubled past.

The documentary feature Whitney had its world premiere out-of-competition at Cannes Film Festival 2018 and has received unanimous praise from critics, as well as being awarded the prize Best Documentary Feature Film recently at Edinburgh International Film Festival in Scotland.