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Chronicling the iconic singer Dionne Warwick's six-decade career in both music and Black and LGBTQ activism. Featuring Quincy Jones, Burt Bacharach, Bill Clinton, Clive Davis, Gladys Knight, Cissy Houston, Elton John, Damon Elliott, Kenneth Cole, Berry Gordy, Jerry Blavat, Snoop Dogg and Smokey Robinson
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Set against a music world profoundly divided between black and white, Don't Make Me Over tells the dramatic story of Dionne Warwick's meteoric rise from New Jersey gospel choirs to international cross-over super stardom.
Synopsis
Set against a music world profoundly divided between black and white, Don't Make Me Over tells the dramatic story of Dionne Warwick's meteoric rise from New Jersey gospel choirs to international cross-over super stardom.
FILMMAKERS
David Freeman Wooley is an American director, producer, author and entrepreneur based in Wilmington, Delaware. His most notable accomplishments include long-standing work with Dionne Warwick, and collaborations with Julius "Dr. J" Erving. He also wrote, produced, and co-directed the documentary Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over. The film received a standing ovation at the Toronto International Film Festival and won first runner-up for the People's Choice Award for Documentaries.
DAVID FREEMAN WOOLEY
David Freeman Wooley is an American director, producer, author and entrepreneur based in Wilmington, Delaware. His most notable accomplishments include long-standing work with Dionne Warwick, and collaborations with Julius "Dr. J" Erving. He also wrote, produced, and co-directed the documentary Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over. The film received a standing ovation at the Toronto International Film Festival and won first runner-up for the People's Choice Award for Documentaries.
DAVID HEILBRONER
David Heilbroner is an American director, producer and sound editor. Best known for producing Traffic Stop (2017) for which he received Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject nomination at the 90th Academy Awards.
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