Whitney Houston is an American musical icon and one of the most popular recording artists in the history of the medium. Her life is a crushing tragedy of once-in-a-lifetime talent undermined by impossible expectations and a lifestyle forbidden by her religiously conservative family. It is a life that would be very difficult to portray in an authorized manner, if only because the people who currently control her story would never allow her songs to grace a mainstream biopic.
Screenwriter Lena Waithe and director Andrew Dosunmu have presented Netflix with a ballsy workaround in "Beauty." The film centers on a brilliant young African-American singer whose talent...
The post The Whitney Houston 'Biopic' That Quietly Dropped On Netflix appeared first on /Film.
Screenwriter Lena Waithe and director Andrew Dosunmu have presented Netflix with a ballsy workaround in "Beauty." The film centers on a brilliant young African-American singer whose talent...
The post The Whitney Houston 'Biopic' That Quietly Dropped On Netflix appeared first on /Film.
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