Billie

Name: Billie
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 2020-09-30
Duration: 96 min
Cast: Billie Holiday, Tony Bennett, Count Basie, Charles Mingus

She sang the truth, she paid the price

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Release Date

9/30/2020

Runtime

96 mins

Genres

Documentary Music

Overview

‘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’.

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Released

Original Language

English

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A haunting portrait built from long-lost interview tapes that lets Billie Holiday speak for herself, layering her voice with her music to reveal both the genius and the pain beneath. It's intimate, atmospheric, and colored by the tragedy of a life cut short and a biographer's obsessive quest left incomplete.