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Naomi Ackie stars as Whitney Houston

Style Magazine Newswire | 9/15/2022, 12:08 p.m.
I Wanna Dance with Somebody is a powerful and triumphant celebration of the incomparable Whitney Houston. Directed by Kasi Lemmons, …

I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY

Drama/Music/Biography

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

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I Wanna Dance With Somebody Trailer

I Wanna Dance with Somebody is a powerful and triumphant celebration of the incomparable Whitney Houston. Directed by Kasi Lemmons, written by Academy Award® nominee Anthony McCarten, produced by legendary music executive Clive Davis and starring BAFTA Award® winner Naomi Ackie, the film is a no-holds-barred portrait of the complex and multifaceted woman behind The Voice.

I Wanna Dance with Somebody is a powerful and triumphant celebration of the incomparable Whitney Houston. Directed by Kasi Lemmons, written by Academy Award® nominee Anthony McCarten, produced by legendary music executive Clive Davis and starring BAFTA Award® winner Naomi Ackie, the film is a no-holds-barred portrait of the complex and multifaceted woman behind The Voice.

I Wanna Dance with Somebody is a powerful and triumphant celebration of the incomparable Whitney Houston. Directed by Kasi Lemmons, written by Academy Award® nominee Anthony McCarten, produced by legendary music executive Clive Davis and starring BAFTA Award® winner Naomi Ackie, the film is a no-holds-barred portrait of the complex and multifaceted woman behind The Voice. From New Jersey choir girl to one of the best-selling and most awarded recording artists of all time, audiences are taken on an inspirational, poignant—and so emotional—journey through Houston’s trailblazing life and career, with show-stopping performances and a soundtrack of the icon’s most beloved hits as you’ve never heard them before. Don’t you wanna dance?

Directed by: Kasi Lemmons

Written by: Anthony McCarten

Produced by: Anthony McCarten

Pat Houston

Clive Davis

Larry Mestel

Denis O’Sullivan

Jeff Kalligheri

Matt Jackson

Molly Smith

Trent Luckinbill

Thad Luckinbill

Matt Salloway

Christina Papagjika

Cast: Naomi Ackie

Stanley Tucci

Ashton Sanders

Tamara Tunie

Nafessa Williams

and Clarke Peters

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