PARK CITY, UTAH – JANUARY 21: Cast and crew attend the “Luther: Never Too Much” Premiere during the 2024 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theatre on Januin Park City, Utah. She does so with flair, passion, and respect. Porter, who’s behind other powerhouse documentaries like Gideon’s Army (2013), Trapped (2016), and John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020), is well-equipped to tell Vandross’ story. The documentary, which follows the singer’s life and career, from his obsession with ‘60s Black music as a young Bronxite to his heartbreaking death in 2005. Getting it right was paramount, and boy, did documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter get it right with Luther: Never Too Much. How do you capture a once-in-a-generation talent, who made a deep imprint on music and culture? It’s an enormous task, one that could easily go wrong and cause an uproar amongst Vandross fans. When I heard that a documentary about Vandross was set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, it quickly became the film I was most excited about - and skeptical about. Luther, to me, is as enigmatic and crucial to the human condition as music itself. I don’t remember a time before understanding the meaning and power of music thanks to the man known as the Velvet Voice. I don’t remember because his music is so intertwined with my childhood and life. Nothing about Vandross’ was insignificant. I don’t remember the moment, not because it wasn’t not significant. Maybe I was alone when it happened, on one of the many nights I spent falling asleep to Deliliah on the radio. Or in the back of my parents’ Volvo station wagon, when I was on the way to school. Maybe it was in the kitchen, while my mom was making dinner. I don’t remember when I first heard Luther Vandross.
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