UB Spotlight: Clive Davis + Cast Talk ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody’

“Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody” is the powerful and triumphant celebration of the incomparable Whitney Houston. Only in Theaters December 23rd, from Sony Pictures.

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 Nippy’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?

Cast includes Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Ashton Sanders, Tamara Tunie, Nafessa Williams and Clarke Peters.

Directed by Kasi Lemmons and 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, and Christina Papagjika.

Clive Davis, Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Nafessa Williams and Director Kasi Lemmons Talk “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody!”