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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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28 minutes

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Thu 15 Jun 2017 16:00

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Role Contributor
Presenter Francine Stock
Interviewed Guest Nick Broomfield
Interviewed Guest Jane Gauntlett
Interviewed Guest Matt Grieco
Interviewed Guest Mette Carla Albrechtsen
Interviewed Guest Saeed Farouky
Interviewed Guest Alex von Tunzelmann

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  • Thu 15 Jun 2017 16:00

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