Release Date For Whitney Confirmed

Whitney, the highly anticipated documentary about the life and career of legendary superstar Whitney Houston from Academy Award® & BAFTA winning director Kevin Macdonald, Academy Award® & BAFTA winning producer Simon Chinn and executive produced by Patricia Houston, will be released in cinemas nationwide on 6th July. Altitude, the distributors of the critically acclaimed and box office record breaking documentary, Amy, are thrilled to be bringing Whitney to audiences.

Whitney is the intimate, definitive account of the superstar’s life and career, authored by renowned Oscar®-winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald. The only film officially supported by the late singer’s estate, it includes previously unreleased recordings, rare never-before-seen footage and live performances recorded by Houston at various stages her life, as well as original studio recordings and acapellas of some of the late singer’s greatest hits. Because the filmmakers had access to vast archives of the Houston estate, the film also contains personal home movie footage that has never been seen publicly before, offering a rare glimpse of Whitney’s life behind-the-scenes as known only to her closest relatives, friends and collaborators.

Director Macdonald says, “I approached Whitney’s life like a mystery story; why did someone with so much raw talent and beauty self-destruct so publicly and painfully? I was lucky enough to have the support of Patricia Houston and the Whitney Houston estate in this quest. They entrusted me with the ‘keys to the vault’ while giving me complete freedom to follow the story wherever it went. At its heart, Whitney is an intimate family story that reveals a new side to a woman that even her most die-hard fans never knew.”

“To tell Whitney’s story, you have to know her story,” said Patricia Houston, the late singer’s manager, sister-in-law and the executor of Houston’s estate. “We could not be more excited that Whitney’s fans will have this authoritative and definitive documentary chronicling the full arc of her career and the scope of Whitney’s entire life. This is an amazing retrospective that celebrates Whitney with never-before-seen footage and Kevin approaches her life with no blinders on. He captures all of Whitney’s magic and while he is doing this with the family’s blessing, he does not ignore the sorrow. This is a film that will truly thrill all who knew and loved her as a musician, actress, model and so much more.”

Academy Award®-winner Kevin Macdonald (Marley, Touching The Void, One Day In September, The Last King Of Scotland), Academy Award®-winning producer Simon Chinn, and his Lightbox co-founder Emmy® Award-winning producer Jonathan Chinn and multi-Emmy® Award nominated and Happy Street Entertainment co-founder Lisa Erspamer tell the unvarnished and authentic story of the late icon’s life in a film that examines both the meteoric highs and devastating lows of her remarkable and unforgettable career. Patricia Houston, Nicole David, Zanne Devine, Rosanne Korenberg, Joe Patrick, and Altitude Film Entertainment’s Will Clarke, Andy Mayson and Mike Runagall executive produced.