Exclusive: Brooklyn Sudano and Roger Ross Williams talk Love To Love You, Donna Summer
Set to air on HBO and HBO Max is the documentary, ‘Love To Love You, Donna Summer,’ directed by Academy Award winner Roger Ross Williams and Donna’s daughter Brooklyn Sudano.
Shaped by Summer’s own reflections, the memories of close family, friends and colleagues, and filled with the sounds of Summer’s songs, Love to Love You, Donna Summer is an in-depth look at the iconic artist as she creates music that takes her from the avant-garde music scene in Germany, to the glitter and bright lights of dance clubs in New York, to worldwide acclaim, her voice and artistry becoming the defining soundtrack of an era.
A deeply personal portrait of Summer on and off the stage, the film features a wealth of photographs and never-before-seen home video footage – often shot by Summer herself – and provides a rich window into the surprising range of her artistry, from songwriting to painting, while exploring the highs and lows of a life lived on the global stage.
Roger Ross Williams is an Oscar, Emmy, and Peabody award-winning director/producer, and the first African American director to win an Academy Award who recently premiered his fiction debut, Cassandro. Williams directed Life, Animated and was nominated for an Academy Award and won three Emmys. Williams won the Career Achievement Award from the IDA.
Brooklyn Sudano is a producer, a director and an accomplished actress known for her dynamic work on stage and screen. Her credits include ABC's "My Wife and Kids," NBC"s "Taken," HBO’s “Ballers,” Hulu’s “11.22.63,” and the hit-series "Cruel Summer."
Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales spoke with Williams and Sudano on the making of this documentary.