What’s Whitney Got to Do with It: Black Female Triumph and Tragedy in the 2015 Lifetime Biopic Whitney

In 2015, the cable television network Lifetime broadcast the biopic Whitney, depicting the troubled life of the late superstar singer Whitney Houston. Whitney is the first film by director Angela Bassett, who, as actress, famously portraited Tina Turner in the biopic What’s Love Got to Do with It (B...

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Main Author: Jaap Kooijman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Groningen Press 2021-09-01
Series:European Journal of Life Writing
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Online Access:https://ejlw.eu/article/view/37919