Zachary Oberzan
Himself
In the winter of 2012, two famous American performance artists sat in anonymous hotel rooms on the West Coast, waiting to take the stage, and in a bizarre coincidence, over-dosed on the anxiety drug Xanax. One survived, one did not. The two individuals are Whitney Houston, who tragically died, and the author of this piece, who lived. Incarcerated in a psychiatric ward, the author began an arduous and experimental journey towards recovery. What is life, and why should we live it, having had it thrust upon us like the assigned reading of a baffling mystery novel, the chapters jumbled, the text often incomprehensible? In the thirty-seven years of life leading up to this event, we find a simple but elusive answer: Love.
Director
Writer
Grace of My Heart
1996
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
1980
Tumbledown
2016
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
2017
10,000 Saints
2015
Krush Groove
1985
The High Note
2020
Whitney: Can I Be Me
2017
Coda
2020
Dinner in America
2020
Adele One Night Only
2021
Coyote Ugly
2000
One Chance
2013
Moxie
2021
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
2022