Direction
Broomfield's invasive style somehow feels earned here.
Editing
Concert footage cuts brutally against home video decay.
Writing
The title isn't rhetorical—it's the central wound.
Director
Nick Broomfield
Whitney Houston
Self (archive footage)
Cissy Houston
Self - Whitney's Mother
Bobbi Kristina Brown
Self - Whitney and Bobby Brown's Daughter (archive footage)
Bobby Brown
Self (archive footage)
Clive Davis
Self - Chairman and CEO, Arista Records (archive footage)
Oprah Winfrey
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mike Tyson
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Serge Gainsbourg
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Johnny Carson
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film sparked debate about outing deceased celebrities and who controls queer narratives.
Broomfield found most footage abandoned in a German warehouse; the '99 tour was never meant to be documented this way.
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I WILL ALWAYS LOVE WHITNEY HOUSTON.
@evelynhudson1748 31
I never knew that Whitney went through so much I saw all of her movies Arsenio Hall asked her if she could act We know You Can Sing Yes Whitney definitely pulled it off on The Body Guard acting and singing
@thelmagriffin5851 9
This is the best documentary of Whitney, by Nick Bloomfield he is wonderful.
@charlottearena 6
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