
Naomi Ackie plays Whitney Houston in new ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’ trailer
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Naomi Ackie plays iconic singer Whitney Houston in the upcoming film "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," which details the star's rise to stardom.
With executive producers Clive Davis and Pat Houston, the singer's longtime manager, the film follows a young Whitney from her obscure music career to the height of her fame. Houston is considered one of the greatest American singers to ever live with over 200 million records sold worldwide and ranking as one of the best-selling musicians of all time.
The trailer features different highlights of Houston's career, including her 1991 performance of the "Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl 25. A few seconds later an interviewer can be heard asking Houston why her music is not "black enough" to which she replies, "Look, I don’t know how to sing black, and I don’t know how to sing white either. I know how to sing."