Music Doc ‘Luther: By no means Too A lot’ Trailer Concerning the Vocal Virtuoso
by Alex Billington
January 15, 2025
Supply: YouTube
“My head, my coronary heart, every thing was immersed on this [music] enterprise.” Large Footage & CNN Movies have launched this music documentary referred to as Luther: By no means Too A lot by director Daybreak Porter. It premiered on the 2024 Sundance Movie Competition a yr in the past and was already launched in US theaters within the fall. A brand new UK trailer has debuted for Luther: By no means Too A lot as effectively for its upcoming launch in UK cinemas this month. This music doc movie chronicles the life story of a vocal virtuoso. Utilizing a wealth of not often seen archives, iconic musician / singer Luther Vandross tells his personal story with help from his closest buddies and lots of musical collaborators together with Mariah Carey, Dionne Warwick, Valerie Simpson and Roberta Flack. The movie relives the various beautiful moments of Luther’s musical profession, whereas exploring his private life, well being struggles & weight achieve, and a lifelong battle to earn the respect his music deserved. I noticed this at Sundance final yr and it is implausible – I discovered a lot about him and I used to be moved by the ups and downs in his story.
Here is the 2 official trailers (+ poster) for Daybreak Porter’s doc Luther: By no means Too A lot, from YouTube:
The acclaimed documentary movie follows Luther Vandross throughout practically 40 years within the leisure business and highlights his profession highs in addition to battles with damaging media consideration centered on his weight and sexuality. Footage from his performances and archived interviews, in addition to interviews along with his associates are included. The movie’s subtitle is taken from certainly one of Vandross’ greatest identified songs. Luther: By no means Too A lot is directed by acclaimed doc filmmaker Daybreak Porter, director of the docs Gideon’s Military, Trapped, Bobby Kennedy for President, John Lewis: Good Bother, The Approach I See It, Rise Once more: Tulsa and the Pink Summer season, Deadlocked: How America Formed the Supreme Courtroom, The Sing Sing Chronicles. It is produced by Trish D Chetty, Ged Doherty, Jamie Foxx, Datari Turner, and Leah Smith. This music doc initially premiered on the 2024 Sundance Movie Competition final yr. Large Footage and CNN Movies have already launched Luther: By no means Too A lot in US theaters on November 1st, 2024 final yr – out there to view now.