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Billie (2020)
Directed by James Erskine
“She sang the truth, she paid the price”
Documentary, Music · 1h 36m
‘Lady Day’ was one of the greatest jazz vocalists the world ever heard. In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the definitive biography of Billie Holiday. Before her mysterious death in 1978, Lipnack Kuehl had taped over 200 hours of interviews. The tapes have never been heard. Now they form the basis of an atmospheric, multi-layered documentary that captures the many complex facets of a proud black woman, violent drug addict, loyal friend, vindictive lover and unforgettable singer of ‘God Bless The Child’, ‘Saddest Tale’ and the haunting ‘Strange Fruit’.
Cast
Billie Holiday
Tony Bennett
Count Basie
Charles Mingus
Crew
- Director
- James Erskine
- Writer
- James Erskine
- Director of Photography
- Tim Cragg
- Editor
- Avdhesh Mohla
- Producer
- Victoria Gregory, Barry Clark Ewers, James Erskine, Laure Vaysse
Details
- Release date
- 2020-09-30
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom, United States of America, Belgium
- Production
- Altitude Film Entertainment, New Black Films, REP Documentary, Concord Originals, BBC Music, Belga Productions, Polygram Entertainment
- Box office
- $202,931