Whitney Houston’s South African Performance Coming To Theaters [Video]

Thirty years ago Whitney Houston blew audiences away with her 1994 concert in South Africa, staged after President Nelson Mandela’s landmark election. Now that historic moment is coming to theaters this fall.

The estate of the late singer, the Whitney E. Houston Legacy Foundation and Primary Wave Music announced today that Whitney Houston: The Concert for a New South Africa will hit theaters worldwide on Oct. 23 and 27. According to the press release, the limited release will feature never-before-seen concert footage from Durban, South Africa that has been remastered in 4K.

Houston, who died in 2012, performed in Durban, South Africa, making her the first major Western musician to visit the newly unified, post-apartheid nation. The three shows (Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town) took place between November 8 and November 19.

The three performances included a combined 200,000 plus attendees according to the press release. The concerts symbolized freedom, hope, and unity as the nation previously suffered decades of racial segregation. Houston’s vivacious …