When & Where to See “The World According to Allee Willis”

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

Friday, October 25

Saturday, October 26

Saturday, November 2

Monday, November 4

Friday, November 8

Wednesday, November 13

Friday, November 15

  • Opening in select U.S. theaters: More details soon

Wednesday, November 16

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