Press Release
GOLDEN GLOBE® WINNER AND OSCAR® NOMINEE ANGELA BASSETT DIRECTS THE LIFETIME® ORIGINAL MOVIE Whitney
PREMIERING SUNDAY 22 FEBRUARY 2015
Exclusively on Lifetime - DStv channel 131
Golden Globe® Award winner and Academy Award® nominee Angela Bassett makes her directorial debut with the Lifetime Original Movie
Whitney. The much anticipated drama features Yaya DaCosta (Lee Daniels’
The Butler) in the lead role, with
Arlen Escarpeta (Final Destination 5) alongside her as Bobby Brown. It premieres on
Sunday 22 February 2015 at 8pm.
Whitney chronicles the headline making relationship between the iconic singer, actress, producer and model Whitney Houston and singer and songwriter Bobby Brown from the time they first met at the very height of their celebrity to their courtship and tumultuous marriage.
Throughout it all, difficulties followed the superstar couple while they dealt with the overwhelming rewards and consequences of the fame and fortune created by Houston’s meteoric rise that would soon overshadow them both.
Houston’s vocal performances in the film are sung by Grammy® nominated and multiplatinum selling entertainer Deborah Cox. The music featured in the film includes Houston’s hits “The Greatest Love of All,” “I’m Your Baby Tonight,” “I’m Every Woman” and “I Will Always Love You” as well as Brown’s “Every Little Step.”
Produced by The Sanitsky Company, Whitney is executive produced by Larry Sanitsky (
Betty & Coretta). Shem Bitterman (
Betty & Coretta) wrote the script.