Key Details

Release StatusReleased

Release Date2017-04-24

Languageen

Runtime1h 45m

Production

BBC Film, Passion Pictures, Showtime Documentary Films, Dogwoof

6.6(166)

•2017•1h 45m

Whitney: Can I Be Me

Music Documentary

Overview

The life and tragic death of Whitney Houston.

Director

Nick Broomfield Rudi Dolezal

Writing & Screenplay

Nick Broomfield

Cinematography

Principal Cast

12 credited

Whitney Houston

Whitney HoustonSelf (archive footage)

Cissy Houston

Cissy HoustonSelf - Whitney's Mother

Bobbi Kristina Brown

Bobbi Kristina BrownSelf - Whitney and Bobby Brown's Daughter (archive footage)

Bobby Brown

Bobby BrownSelf (archive footage)

Robyn CrawfordSelf - Whitney's Closest Confidant (archive footage)

John Russell Houston Jr.Self (archive footage)

David RobertsSelf - Whitney's Bodyguard

Clive Davis

Clive DavisSelf - Chairman and CEO, Arista Records (archive footage)

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah WinfreySelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mike Tyson

Mike TysonSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

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