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A documentary film about the life of renowned singer and actress Whitney Houston, the only one to have been filmed with the consent of her family and estate administrator. It's not long ago that one of the greatest history singers who sold nearly 200 million albums died unexpectedly in the hotel room in 2012, the day before the Grammy Awards. Despite the publicly known drug problems, many people then questioned how it was possible that her life was so tragically ending. A new film by award-winning director Kevin Macdonald seeks answers to these questions. Thanks to an exclusive approach to the family archive, the family and the closest collaborators of the singer uncover connections that end up giving the viewer a much more complex picture of the life of the singer in the context of her time. In personal interviews, we learn about previously unknown facts that blend in partially unpublished pictorial material from Whitney's life. It turns out, for example, that Whitney did not bring her husband to the drugs, but came into contact with them much earlier in puberty than her brothers. Her former husband, Bobby Brown, even refuses in the interview that drugs could be related to his wife's death. Her own father, as the accountant of a family 'money machine', robbed her of her earnings, and after he had terminated her co-operation, he was judging her about the $ 100 million she claimed as a reward. The most serious suspicion we learn about two-thirds of the film from a personal assistant singer that Whitney was to be sexually abused by her 18-year-old cousin Dee Dee Warwick (she died in 2008). Whitney's inherent brother personally claims that DD Warwick was a child, apparently at a time when their mother was traveling on a tour (she was accompanying singer Areta Franklin and Elvis Presley), and the five foster families cared for the children. Mother was to learn about the abuse when shooting the film, and the director himself was told two weeks before the filming ended, which completely changed the final form of the film. The film contains many other details and emotional content. Despite of recalling tragical events, the film pays careful tribute to the artist who still holds the record of seven first titles in the American chart.