Music Doc ‘Luther: Never Too Much’ Trailer About the Vocal Virtuoso
by Alex Billington
January 15, 2025
Source: YouTube
“My head, my heart, everything was immersed in this [music] business.” Giant Pictures & CNN Films have released this music documentary called Luther: Never Too Much by director Dawn Porter. It premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival a year ago and was already released in US theaters in the fall. A new UK trailer has debuted for Luther: Never Too Much as well for its upcoming release in UK cinemas this month. This music doc film chronicles the life story of a vocal virtuoso. Using a wealth of rarely seen archives, iconic musician / singer Luther Vandross tells his own story with assistance from his closest friends and many musical collaborators including Mariah Carey, Dionne Warwick, Valerie Simpson and Roberta Flack. The film relives the many stunning moments of Luther’s musical career, while exploring his personal life, health struggles & weight gain, and a lifelong battle to earn the respect his music deserved. I saw this at Sundance last year and it’s fantastic – I learned so much about him and I was moved by the ups and downs in his story.
Here’s the two official trailers (+ poster) for Dawn Porter’s doc Luther: Never Too Much, from YouTube:
The acclaimed documentary film follows Luther Vandross across nearly 40 years in the entertainment industry and highlights his career highs as well as battles with negative media attention focused on his weight and sexuality. Footage from his performances and archived interviews, as well as interviews with his associates are included. The film’s subtitle is taken from one of Vandross’ best known songs. Luther: Never Too Much is directed by acclaimed doc filmmaker Dawn Porter, director of the docs Gideon’s Army, Trapped, Bobby Kennedy for President, John Lewis: Good Trouble, The Way I See It, Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer, Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court, The Sing Sing Chronicles. It’s produced by Trish D Chetty, Ged Doherty, Jamie Foxx, Datari Turner, and Leah Smith. This music doc initially premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival last year. Giant Pictures and CNN Films have already released Luther: Never Too Much in US theaters on November 1st, 2024 last year – available to view now.