The World According to Allee Willis

Nov 15, 2024

1h 37m

★ 0.0

Hitmaker. Boundary breaker. Pop pioneer.

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

Blackburn Pictures

Primary Wave Entertainment

The World According to Allee Willis Trailers

Cast

Self (archive footage)

Allee Willis

Self

Cyndi Lauper

Self

Mark Mothersbaugh

Self

Paul Feig

Self

Michael Patrick King

Self

Mark Cuban

Self - Pet Shop Boys

Neil Tennant

Self - Pet Shop Boys

Chris Lowe

Self

Patti LaBelle

Self

Pamela Adlon

Self (archive footage)

Paul Reubens

Self

Lily Tomlin

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