Documentary on the famed jazz singer Billie Holiday.Documentary on the famed jazz singer Billie Holiday.Documentary on the famed jazz singer Billie Holiday.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Linda Lipnack Kuehl
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
Billie Holiday
- Self
- (archive footage)
Sylvia Syms
- Self - Singer & Friend
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
Tony Bennett
- Self - Singer & Friend
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
John Fagan
- Self - Cousin
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
Mary Kane
- Self - Childhood Friend
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
- (as Mary 'Pony' Kane)
Skinny Davenport
- Self - Pimp
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
Detroit Red
- Self - Dancer
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham
- Self - Entertainer
- (archive footage)
- (as Pgimeat Markham)
Bessie Smith
- Self
- (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong
- Self
- (archive footage)
John Hammond
- Self - Music Producer
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
Ruby Davies
- Self - Roommate
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
Sandy Williams
- Self - Clarence's Bandmate
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
Irene Kitchings
- Self - Friend
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
Count Basie
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
Lester Young
- Self - Saxophonist
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
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- TriviaThis documentary is based on the same research by Linda Lipnack Kuehl that the earlier documentary, Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday (1990) is based on. Kuehl died before completing her book about Billie Holiday. Her death was ruled a suicide, although family members believe she may have been murdered.
- ConnectionsFeatures New Orleans (1947)
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A mistake....
This could've been a good documentary about Billie Holiday. For me, this doc had poor balancing of the elements in a very complicated life. As others have mentioned, I don't know why the life of the interviewer/biographer was enmeshed in a film about Billie. If they want to tell Linda's story, they should make a separate movie about her.
This movie gave me a chance to see some video clips of Billie singing that I haven't seen before. There were a few insightful remarks about Billie from some musicians who worked with her. Overall, I don't think justice was done in telling the life story of Billie. She was a unique singer who influenced every other singer in her day. I would've liked the focus of this film to have been on that.
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- Jan 24, 2021
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- Gross worldwide
- $202,931
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
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