(ANSA) - ROME, SEPTEMBER 18 - You cannot separate "the soul from Dionne's art and music pushes people to look inward and look for the best part of themselves". Word of Stevie Wonder, who, together with Bill Clinton, Quincy Jones, Elton John, Gladys Knight, Snoop Dogg, Santana, AliciaKeys, Smokey Robinson, among others, takes part in Dionne Warwick: Don't MakeMe Over (2021), the documentary by Dave Wooley and DavidHeilbroner dedicated to the great singer, which made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. The six Grammy-winning icon of pop / soul music, capable of selling over 100 million records in 60 years, also on the closing day, receives one of the 2021 Tribute Awards awarded by the Festival, together with, among others, Jessica Chastain, Benedict Cumberbatch and Denis Villeneuve .
Born in 1940, Dionne Warwick, always brilliant with intelligence and irony, is portrayed with grace in the film, rich in testimonies and extraordinary archive material. He also mentions the most difficult pages in his life, such as the premature death of his cousin Whitney Houston in 2012 at the age of 48: "I miss him terribly ... the transition for me comes when you have finished everything you had to do. We are placed on earth with a task "he explains in the film. The documentary traces a path between the places of his life; the successes (many), thanks also to the partnerships, among others, with BurtBacharach and, in the last 40 years, the producer Clive Davis; the artistic and financial stumbles offering a glimpse into her family life as a mother of two children and above all giving space toimpressive charitable commitment brought forward by the artist, who since the early 1980s has become a flag bearer of lgbtq activism and research against AIDS. "It was natural for me to do something, we were losing so many friends and talents," he explains. A work of which an unforgettable chapter is the recording of "That's What Friends Are Fornel 1985 together with Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder and Elton John; a worldwide success of which all proceeds (so far amounting to tens of millions of dollars) have been sold to the research against the 'Aids. (ANSA).A work of which an unforgettable chapter is the recording of "That's What Friends Are Fornel 1985 together with Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder and Elton John; a worldwide success of which all proceeds (so far amounting to tens of millions of dollars) have been sold to the research against the 'Aids. (ANSA).A work of which an unforgettable chapter is the recording of "That's What Friends Are Fornel 1985 together with Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder and Elton John; a worldwide success of which all proceeds (so far amounting to tens of millions of dollars) have been sold to the research against the 'Aids. (ANSA).