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Nick Broomfield on Whitney Houston

Cinema magazine programme. Francine Stock reports from the Sheffield Documentary Festival, where Nick Broomfield is premiering Whitney: Can I Be Me?

With Francine Stock.

Nick Broomfield reveals why he decided to make a documentary about Whitney Houston and why her family refused to help him.

Francine visits the Sheffield Documentary Festival, where she gets intimate with virtual reality, discusses the ethics of deceiving your subjects and learns about the ways to pitch your movie - with the help of film-makers Jane Gauntlett, Mark Grieco, Mette Carla Albrechtsen and Saeed Taji Farouky

Historian Alex on Tunzelmann has made her name spotting historical inaccuracies with her book Reel Histories. But now she has jumped ships and written her first screenplay, Churchill. So what does Alex Von Tunzelmann the historian make of the work of Alex Von Tunzelmann the writer ?

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Thu 15 Jun 201716:00

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RoleContributor
PresenterFrancine Stock
Interviewed GuestNick Broomfield
Interviewed GuestJane Gauntlett
Interviewed GuestMatt Grieco
Interviewed GuestMette Carla Albrechtsen
Interviewed GuestSaeed Farouky
Interviewed GuestAlex von Tunzelmann

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  • Thu 15 Jun 201716:00

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