Here’s when and where you can catch The World According to Allee Willis: at a film festival near you, in select theaters starting November 15, and streaming from November 22. Updated regularly, check back for more dates.
Saturday, October 19
- Fort Lauderdale, FL: OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival
- Hot Springs, AR: Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
- Indianapolis, IN: Heartland International Film Festival
- New York, NY: NewFest: The 36th Annual New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival
Friday, October 25
- Montclair, NJ: Montclair Film Festival
Saturday, October 26
- Montclair, NJ: Montclair Film Festival
- Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Queer Film Festival
- Wichita, KS: Tallgrass Film Festival
Saturday, November 2
- Denver, CO: Denver International Film Festival
- Charlottesville, VA: Virginia Film Festival
Monday, November 4
- Denver, CO: Denver International Film Festival
Friday, November 8
- Indianapolis, IN: Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival
Wednesday, November 13
- Minneapolis, MN: Sound Unseen Music + Film Festival
Friday, November 15
- Opening in select U.S. theaters: More details soon
Wednesday, November 16
- Portland, OR: QDoc Film Festival
Friday, November 22
- Available to stream: More details soon
About The World According to Allee Willis
Take one look at award-winning songwriter and artist Allee Willis and you see someone unafraid to be themselves. Best known for writing the “Friends” theme song, the Earth Wind & Fire mega-hit “September” and the musical “The Color Purple,” Willis began filming her life as a kid in 1950s Detroit and never stopped. Dressed in a cacophony of prints and colors, with 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.
FEATURING
Allee Willis, Mark Cuban, Cyndi Lauper, Lily Tomlin, Paul Reubens, Michael Patrick King, Patti LaBelle, Pet Shop Boys, Pamela Adlon, Paul Feig and Mark Mothersbaugh.
DIRECTED BY
Alexis Spraic
DISTRIBUTED BY
Magnolia Pictures