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The World According to Allee Willis

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Take one look at award-winning songwriter / artist Allee Willis and you see someone unafraid to be themselves. Dressed in a cacophony of prints and colors, her signature asymmetrical haircut and famed parties at her real-life Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Allee didn't waste any opportunity to tell you what she was about. But privately, Allee struggled with not fitting established gender and sexual norms. She buried herself in her work, until true love manifested her ultimate masterpiece -- self-acceptance. Allee began filming her life in 1950s Detroit and never stopped. This film is the realization of her wish that her "final art piece be someone putting together the trail I have left behind."

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Jourdain Searles Hollywood Reporter Director Alexis Manya Spraic crafts a documentary that strives to be just as fascinating as its subject. Mar 25, 2024 Full Review Nora Lee Mandel Maven's Nest Digs through a dizzying mountain of material in Willis's archive from childhood on - of multi-hit, award-winning songs, art, fashion, parties, to internet plans, with Famous Friends interviews. Doc sensitively slows down to reveal her personal struggles. Rated: 7/10 Oct 27, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Take one look at award-winning songwriter / artist Allee Willis and you see someone unafraid to be themselves. Dressed in a cacophony of prints and colors, her signature asymmetrical haircut and famed parties at her real-life Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Allee didn't waste any opportunity to tell you what she was about. But privately, Allee struggled with not fitting established gender and sexual norms. She buried herself in her work, until true love manifested her ultimate masterpiece -- self-acceptance. Allee began filming her life in 1950s Detroit and never stopped. This film is the realization of her wish that her "final art piece be someone putting together the trail I have left behind."
Director
Alexis Spraic
Producer
Alexis Spraic, Nicholas Coles
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Genre
Documentary, Biography, Music
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 15, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 22, 2024
Runtime
1h 37m