Dionne Warwick and Dolly Parton are teaming up!
"I am exceptionally excited, for many reasons," Warwick said. "But the basic one is that finally people are gonna get to know me and know me through me, as opposed to old suppositions, you know? All those things that they thought or had opinions about? Now, they get the real deal." first premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, where it earned first runner-up for the People's Choice Award for Documentaries and also earned Warwick a Special Tribute Award.
When asked why it took five years to make the film, Warwick reasoned that"there's so many parts" to her story that the time makes sense. "It was like, do we include this or do we talk about that? But I simply said the genesis of this entire thing happens to be my book and all the information you need is right there," she added about her 2011 book, The difference between the book and the documentary is that Warwick was treated to the testimonies of her peers, friends and family, hearing what they feel about her.
She noted that"to see and hear how they felt about [me], it's like, 'Oh, boy. really?' It was wonderful." And the most surprising element of the film to her was looking back on her years singing gospel music."At a very young age, I think I was 18 years old, we did that footage of the choir and myself singing. I think that probably was one of the most moving parts of it was like, 'Oh, I forgot all about that.' You know and all of a sudden here it is. Those are my roots," she added.
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