![]() It’s the backdrop for the early trauma of her parents’ divorce after her father’s multiple infidelities and her mother’s eventual affair with a minister. Narratively, it’s grounded in her childhood, from the tense streets of Newark to the distinctly more middle-class East Orange, where the family moved when she was still in training to become the biggest singer of our lifetime. It sets the tone, with the bouncing optimism and sheer joy of ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ starkly contrasted with footage from the Gulf War and audio of Houston describing a recurring dream, a nightmare, in which she’s being chased, admitting, “When I wake, I’m always exhausted.” The film boasts a striking visual texture from the opening scene, Macdonald splicing footage of Houston, wider political and news footage, previously unseen photographs, finished tracks and isolated vocals into dynamic montages. New documentary Whitney weaves a complex new tapestry thanks to the intimacy, depth and scale of the access secured by Kevin Macdonald, who previously directed documentaries Touching The Void and Marley. With thousands of tabloid stories during her life and a reality show, several memoirs and Nick Broomfield’s documentary Whitney: Can I Be Me since the singer’s death in 2012, you’d be forgiven for presuming that there was little else to discover, or be discovered, about Whitney Houston. ![]()
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