WHITNEY CAN I BE ME? How homophobia in her own family and from her record company president led to self -destructive behavior and destroyed through drug addiction a brilliant talent

A sad but true story of  Whitney Houston a genuine superstar DOA the night of the Grammies. Nick Bloomfield once again exemplifies the courage of the best of documentary filmmakers to look for the truth..Call Me Whitney is now playing in theaters and on Netflix.

I remember well the street talk and the reality of her launch. From the tall skinny basketball player wearing a *Labrys pin to the near skeleton figure forgetting her lyrics on stage. A harrowing story of a world famous artist forced to stay in the closet by her family and her record company President. Her longest relationship was with her "assistant." Robin. It was Bobby Brown, husband and sniff partner who finally put his foot down and shouted: "Robin  has to go." And Robin with dignity and sadness knowing somehow bad what was going to happen to Whitney, left. Addiction destroys relationships,

Bloomfield honors the talent of one of the world's greatest pop singers and lifts the curtain on the sad story of a woman denied the right to be herself by the people who live off of her success. Family, business professionals, etc. Bloomfield manages to reveal much of what was locked behind the steeled public image of Whitney Houston. May this never happen again to any artist. Oh .. you will find none of this in the official Clive Davis documentary, “Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives,” Davis was a man with ears and respect for talent ..but a disrespect for life authenticity when he was creating a public image of his stars .. and Whitney was not the only one.

    

*The Labrys, or double-bladed ax comes from the goddess Demeter (Artemis). It was originally used in battle by Scythian Amazon warriors. The Amazons ruled with a dual-queen system, and were known to be ferocious and merciless in battle, but just and fair once victorious Rites associated with the worship of Demeter are believed to have involved lesbian sex. Today, the labrys has become a symbol of lesbian and feminist strength and self-sufficiency.

Greg Louganis Dives In Again To Share His Powerful Personal Story / Queerty

HBO airs doc on the Gold Metal winner and how homophobia both internalized and in the world outside impacted on the life of one of America's top Olympians. From gold metals wins to hiv + shame/ A tell all that reveals what it is like to be "different" and to succeed only to be rejected both because of sexual orientation and than AIDS bias. The stunning clips of his Olympic winning dives more than balances the self doubt and journey back ot metal and physical health. A movie for all generations to watch and talk about ..that is what a good documentary can achieve.

Greg Louganis Dives In Again To Share His Powerful Personal Story

On August 4, HBO will premiere Back On Board: Greg Louganis. The film, which won the audience award for documentary feature at Outfest in 2014, is an up close and personal look at the life of the four-time Olympic...

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BACK ON BOARD: Greg Louganis airs on HBO Olympic Gold, HIV and finding oneself. + Barbara Walter interview (1995) and diving clips C

HBO airs doc on the Gold Metal winner and how homophobia both internalized and in the world outside impacted on the life of one of America's top Olympians. From gold metals wins to hiv + shame/ A tell all that reveals what it is like to be "different" and to succeed only to be rejected both because of sexual orientation and than AIDS bias. The stunning clips of his Olympic winning dives more than balances the self doubt and journey back ot metal and physical health. A movie for all generations to watch and talk about ..that is what a good documentary can achieve.

Greg Louganis Dives In Again To Share His Powerful Personal Story

On August 4, HBO will premiere Back On Board: Greg Louganis. The film, which won the audience award for documentary feature at Outfest in 2014, is an up close and personal look at the life of the four-time Olympic...

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The Olympic Gold winning dives ..

Barbara Walters interview 1995

Nothing like a standing ovation at the CASTRO theater in SF during FRAMELINE'S International Lesbain and Gay Film Festival to finally feel home again

TONIGHT AT THE DOCNYC the BIG STAR documentary NOTHING CAN HURT ME. UPDATE: while sold out ...there will be a rush line at theater ...a small amount are held .. there MAY be some at the actual box office or online at docnyc.net. NOTE .. the doc is about BIG STAR the band with Alex Chilton, Jody Stephens etc. the owner of Ardent is John fry.... and what I write about below is not the focus of the film but was referenced in the cut I saw at SXSW on last March ..and hit me hard .. I loved Big Star. this is a new cut so I do not know what is in it. Jus hope it does not continue to CLOSET Big Star That said please read on : -------------- Big Star for some music geeks and thousands of boys and girls with guitars were the US BEATLES. Never as successful as individual member ALEX CHILTON they were their generations VELVET UNDERGROUND ...but there were secrets about the band never revealed until now CHRIS BELL was gay and had a relationship .is with Studio owner John Fry It caused band friction. Chris left the band and the owner became "born again", Bell finally was killed in a late night car crash. WAS CHRIS BELL THE VICTIM of HOMOPHOBIA in a swirl of southern christian fundamentalism ? Just one on the mysteries this excellent doc raises .. it plays to tonight sat at the docnyc fest (docnyc.net )be there ...the surviving members will be.. including John Fry.. trust me ..this is a doc you will want to see and hear