Billie Holiday: A Sensation
2015•52m•8.0•Released
DocumentaryMusicTV Movie
A documentary about the legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday (1915-1959). There exist many myths and legends about the Jazz Singer Billie Holiday — one of the greatest voices of the last century. Most of them tell the story of the tragic victim of drugs, alcohol, men, color, or the circumstances of her upbringing. To some extent she contributed herself to these legends, especially in her autobiography "Lady Sings the Blues". In recent years, more and more records and reports have shown a different picture of her. These statements of confidants, colleagues and friends clean up with many of the legends and show a strong personality who has been anything but a pitiable victim. Billie Holiday was a strong-willed and determined person and a very complex personality who did not correspond to the classic victim type.
Director
Katja Duregger
Languages
English
Studio
TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion
Cast
Billie Holiday
Self (archive footage)
Julia Blackburn
Self
Cassandra Wilson
Self
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Self
Dan Morgenstern
Self
Production
Company
TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion
Company
SWR/Arte
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