Doco “Love to Love You, Donna Summer” Gets HBO Premiere This May

The world premiere of the unexpected and intimate portrait of “the Queen of Disco” will take place at the Berlin International Film Festival before getting an HBO premiere this May.

Directed by Oscar® and Emmy® winner Roger Ross Williams (“Life Animated,” HBO’s “The Apollo”) and Donna Summer’s daughter Brooklyn Sudano, the HBO Original Documentary “Love to Love You, Donna Summer” premieres in May 2023 and will be available on HBO Max.

“Love to Love You, Donna Summer” is an in-depth look at the legendary musician as she goes from the German avant-garde music scene to the glitter and brilliant lights of New York City dance clubs to worldwide renown, her voice and talent becoming the defining soundtrack of an era, shaped by her own thoughts and the memories of close relatives, friends, and coworkers, and filled with the sounds of Summer’s songs.

The film is a deeply personal portrait of Summer both on and off stage, with many previously unseen photographs and home video footage (often shot by Summer herself) providing a rich window into the surprising range of her artistic endeavors, from songwriting to painting, and exploring the highs and lows of a life lived on the global stage.

HBO Documentary Films presents a Polygram Entertainment presentation, a Motto Pictures production, in association with One Story Up and Federal Films, LOVE TO LOVE YOU, DONNA SUMMER. Directed by Roger Ross Williams and Brooklyn Sudano; a film by Roger Ross Williams; produced by Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn, Roger Ross Williams, David Blackman; co-producer: J. Daniel Torres; edited by Enat Sidi, Jon Stray; consulting editor: Jean Tsien; executive produced by Brooklyn Sudano, Bruce Sudano, Michele Anthony, Bruce Resnikoff, Monte LiPMan, Brett Alperowitz. For HBO: executive producers, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez.