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This documentary chronicles the tragic career of iconic singer Whitney Houston, who achieved pop superstardom before her death in 2012 at age 48. Archive footage is intercut with interviews with Houston's family and friends, including producer Clive Davis, ex-husband Bobby Brown and her mother, Cissy Houston. Those closest to her discuss her drug abuse, marriage and sexuality as well as new allegations that Houston was sexually abused as a child. Directed by Kevin Macdonald. ~ Kaitliin Elise Miller
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Kevin Macdonald is a Scottish director, best known for his films One Day in September, State of Play, The Last King of Scotland and Touching the Void. Macdonald was the grandson of the Hungarian-born English filmmaker Emeric Pressburger, and he began his career with a biography of his grandfather, The Life and Death of a Screenwriter, which he turned into the documentary The Making of an Englishman. After making a series of biographical documentaries, Macdonald directed One Day in September, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary.
