Whitney offers glimpses into the late performer’s past, previously unreleased tracks and never-before-seen footage, as well as recorded live performances throughout her career. She was extremely enigmatic and that is why people are fascinated by her because she’s unreadable in that way.” “She didn’t like interviews and she hid herself away and only gave very puffy, PR sorts of interviews. “Whitney didn’t give good interviews,” Macdonald explains. But initially the lure of unfettered access to archive and unseen footage was not as rich a seam to mine as originally hoped. It would prove to be a nerve-jangling, revelatory journey to deliver an intimate and challenging picture of a woman the director came to realise was a truly complex and cryptic talent. “Pat Houston said she and the estate recognise the value in having an objective piece about Whitney rather than a puff piece,” Macdonald says. Macdonald, who won the best documentary Oscar for One Day In September in 2000, set about following the story with impunity, wherever it took him.
The Whitney Houston estate and Patricia Houston, the late performer’s sister–in- law and long-time manager, promised Macdonald and his producers unparalleled access and total editorial control.
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