The World According to Allee Willis
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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Credits
Director: |
Alexis Spraic |
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Executive Producer: |
Larry Mestel, Mark Cuban, Prudence Fenton, Tina Fasbender, Lisa Wolofsky, Susan Danziger |
Producer: |
Nicholas Coles |
Cinematographer: |
Jerry Henry, Nick Higgins |
Editor: |
Alexis Spraic, Carla Roda, Spencer Bakalar |
Music: |
Mark Mothersbaugh |
Principal Cast: |
Mark Cuban, Cyndi Lauper, Lily Tomlin, Paul Reubens, Michael Patrick King, Patti LaBelle, Pet Shop Boys, Pamela Adlon, Paul Feig, Mark Mothersbaugh |
Contact
Public Film Contact: |
Nicholas Coles
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Publicity Contact: |
Katherine Matthews
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Sales Agent: |
Amanda Lebow
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