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Naomi Ackie
Whitney Houston
Ashton Sanders
Bobby Brown
Stanley Tucci
Clive Davis
Nafessa Williams
Robyn Crawford
Lance A. Williams
Gerry Griffith
Tamara Tunie
Cissy Houston
Clarke Peters
John Houston
Daniel Washington
Gary Houston
JaQuan Malik Jones
Michael Houston
Kris Sidberry
Pat Houston
Tanner Beard
Günther
Bailee Lopes
Bobbi-Kristina (8-10 Yrs old)
Jennifer Ellis
Lisa Hintelmann
Andrea Eversley
Barbara
Bria Danielle Singleton
Bobbi Kristina
Adrian M. Mompoint
Marvin
Coffey
James
Stew Replogle
Detective
Chanel Rose Connor
Detective
Sean Amos
Minister
Jon F. Merz
Captain / Pilot
Jaison Hunter
Jermaine Jackson
Whitney Houston
Self (archive footage)
Oprah Winfrey
Self (archive footage)
Merv Griffin
Self (archive footage)
Zyla Harris-Petter
'I'm Every Woman' Dancer (as Zyla Nia Harris-Peter)
Kevin Daigneault
Stage Manager (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Tue Dec 27 2022

I wonder why they added her name to the title? Might that be because the film makers knew that the "legacy" of this once celebrated singer has already largely wained? I can't think when I last heard one of her songs on the radio. Bigger then the "Beatles"? Well Naomi Ackie puts her heart and soul into this performance but do we ever see her tinkle on a piano, pick up a guitar, bang a tambourine even? Right from the start when she is discovered by established impresario (and one of this film's producers) Clive Davis (Stanley Tucci) we learn that she doesn't write songs. So what is there for us t...