Billie Holiday: A Sensation

Billie Holiday: A Sensation

2015 en 52 minutes

Rating: 8

Plot

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.

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Cast

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

herself

Julia Blackburn

Julia Blackburn

Herself

Cassandra Wilson

Cassandra Wilson

Herself

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Dee Dee Bridgewater

Herself

Dan Morgenstern

Dan Morgenstern

Himself

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