As a young woman from a middle-income family in Newark, New Jersey, Whitney Houston (Naomi Ackie) discovered her remarkable penchant for powerful vocals that soon catapulted her to the forefront of pop music in the early 1980s. Despite the challenges her meteoric rise to fame posed to her personal life, Houston continued to produce music that touched the lives of countless fans, earning her the title of one of the greatest female vocalists in history. Kasi Lemmons directs the musical biographical drama. Co-starring Tamara Tunie, Stanley Tucci, and Clarke Peters.