Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over - General Discussion

[DanaK]

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The new CNN Films documentary, DIONNE WARWICK: Don’t Make Me Over, will premiere Sunday, Jan. 01, at 9:00pm ET & PT, exclusively on CNN.  The award-winning documentary feature, which is written, produced, and directed by Dave Wooley and directed by David Heilbroner, will broadcast with limited commercial interruption on New Year’s Day, 2023.

Ms. Warwick’s own velvet-toned voice largely tells the story of her music and life for the film, underscoring her creative and cultural legacies during six decades of an extraordinary career.  The film explores her stunning range of musical styles and versatility.  Her career has soared despite dramatic upheaval within a fickle industry, and flourished through multigenerational social change.  Along the way, Warwick has earned six Grammys, amassed an astonishing array of global solo and duet hits, and remains a stalwart advocate and ally for racial equality and justice, women’s rights, and LGBTQ+ rights.

 

[DanaK]

I finally watched this and really enjoyed it. Dionne has had a great career and I enjoy a lot of her songs. She did a lot for AIDS charities with the single and her charity work. I don’t think I ever heard the story about her inviting (summoning really) several “Gangsta Rap” artists over to her house and telling them to stop with the misogyny in their lyrics and giving them life advice about serving their community. Hilarious. Who knows how much it changed but it clearly had a big impact on Snoop Dogg. I appreciated hearing from her sons