01 Aug 2014
Get on Up
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
The World According to Allee Willis
Hitmaker. Boundary breaker. Pop pioneer.
Take one look at award-winning songwriter / artist Allee Willis and you see someone unafraid to be themselves. Dressed in a cacophony of prints and colors, her signature asymmetrical haircut and famed parties at her real-life Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Allee didn’t waste any opportunity to tell you what she was about. But privately, Allee struggled with not fitting established gender and sexual norms. She buried herself in her work, until true love manifested her ultimate masterpiece - self-acceptance.
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Cyndi Lauper Self
Mark Cuban Self
Neil Tennant Self
Chris Lowe Self
Patti LaBelle Self
Pamela Adlon Self
Paul Reubens Self (archive footage)
Lily Tomlin Self
Bruce Vilanch Self
Luenell Self
Lesley Ann Warren Self
Ruth Pointer Self
Verdine White Self
Tim Bagley Self
Andrae Alexander Self
Julie Brown Self
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