Whitney Houston's Final Performance Teased in 'Sparkle' Trailer (Video)

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A well-coiffed Cee-Lo Green is the focus of the latest Sparkle trailer, but the latest glimpse of Whitney Houston’s final big screen performance may be the reason to watch.

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The trailer teases footage of Houston’s character—a former singing star—performing in a church choir, while Green sings "I’m a Man."

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The Sony film, which hits theaters Aug. 17, features Houston as a single mother of a promising singer, Sparkle, played by Jordin Sparks, and two other daughters. Though the girls are the ones who try to make it big as a singing group, Houston will get her own time to shine, when she sing's the gospel song "His Eye Is on the Sparrow.”

A previous Sparkle trailer included a short audio excerpt of Houston’s vocal performance in the film. The late singer served as an exec producer on the Sony Pictures movie.

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She died in February, the victim of an accidental drowning in the bathtub of her room at the Beverly Hilton.

Watch the video below.