Whitney 'Can I Be Me?'
Synopsis
Featuring largely never-before-seen footage and recordings and interviews with some of her closest collaborators and friends, this moving documentary tells the story of the girl behind the voice, her extraordinary life and her tragic death.
According to band members, “Can I Be Me” was her most used expression, so much so they sampled it and would play it at the start of rehearsals.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2017 - Spotlight Documentrary - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 90 mins
- Director
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Nick Broomfield, Rudi Dolezal
- Producer
- Nick Broomfield, Marc Hoeferlin
- Executive Producer
- John Battsek, Shani Hinton, Charles Finch, Ben Silverman, Patrick Holland, Vinnie Malhorta, Kate Townsend
- Screenwriter
- Nick Broomfield
- Director of Photography
- Sam Mitchell
- Original Music By
- Marc Hoeferlin
- Production Executive
- Nicole Stott
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
A Lafayette Films and Passion Pictures production with support from BBC and Showtime
Passion Pictures
County House33-34 Rathbone Place
London
W1T 1JN
Sales Company
Content Media Corp
19 Heddon StreetLondon
W1B 4BG
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