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Whitney: Can I Be Me

158 votes

Producing House

The life and tragic death of Whitney Houston.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2017-04-24

Runtime: 105 mins

Director: Nick Broomfield, Rudi Dolezal

Writer: Nick Broomfield

Spoken language: English

Genres: Music, Documentary

Original title: Whitney: Can I Be Me

Production Companies: BBC Film, Passion Pictures, Showtime Documentary Films, Dogwoof

Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

Reviews

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Simon Foster
"Nick Broomfield hits a shattering high note with Whitney: Can I Be Me, a soaring celebration of a once-in-a-generation talent and a heartbreaking study into the corrosive pressure that fame and addiction can inflict..." Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2017/5/20/whitney-can-i-be-me.html
2017-05-20

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