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Whitney Houston documentary to reveal "never before seen footage"

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Jennifer Brett
By Jennifer Brett

A Whitney Houston documentary officially sanctioned by the late entertainer's estate will reveal "never-before-seen footage" and features "unprecedented access to friends, family and collaborators, some of whom have never told their side of the story," Variety reports.

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Houston, who lived in Atlanta for years with her then-husband Bobby Brown, died in 2012 at age 48. She was discovered unresponsive in a bathtub on the eve of that year's Grammy Awards, a circumstance tragically similar to her only daughter's. Bobbi Kristina Brown, discovered unresponsive in a bathtub in her north Fulton County townhouse in January 2015, died months later in a Duluth hospice after remaining comatose.

Oscar-winning director Kevin Macdonald has signed onto the Houston documentary and indicates that the work will present her in a positive light: "I want audiences to walk out of the cinema and feel positive about Whitney and her music. "I want to reveal a woman that even her most die-hard fans never knew; and a woman those new to her life and music will never forget."