HBO Documentary Film Series

Love to Love You, Donna Summer (2023x6)

Air date: May 20, 2023

It follows the life and career of Donna Summer. Brooklyn Sudano wanted to make a documentary revolving around her mother, Donna Summer, after realizing there was more to her than people knew.[2] Roger Ross Williams also wanted to make a documentary revolving around Summer, while discussing a potential project with Julie Goldman, Goldman connected the two.[3][4] Williams and Sudano did not want the project to be a puff piece, instead exploring difficult aspects of Summer's life and career.[5] Sudano and Williams opted to use Summer speaking in her own words, using audiotapes recorded for her memoir Ordinary Girl.[6] In December 2021, it was announced Roger Ross Williams and Brooklyn Sudano would direct a documentary film revolving around Donna Summer.[7]