2022 · music · history · drama
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Directed by Kasi Lemmons2h 24m2022
The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.
Our read: Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022) reads as a neutral, kinetic, grounded music · history · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured music / history, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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