Billie Holiday Movies

  • 1972
    Lady Sings the Blues

    Lady Sings the Blues

    Lady Sings the Blues

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    Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug...

    Lady Sings the Blues
  • 2020
    Sweet Thing

    Sweet Thing

    Sweet Thing

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    For Billie and Nico, life with their father is a roller-coaster ride of playfulness and unease. When he is in the grip of alcohol, tears flow and...

    Sweet Thing
  • 2019
    The Apollo

    The Apollo

    The Apollo

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    The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.

    The Apollo
  • 1951
    'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet

    'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet

    'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet

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    Short film featuring performances by Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson, Billie Holiday and Count Basie and his sextet. From the Cinema Apart Collection.

    'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
  • 1975
    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

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    Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
  • 2013
    Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas

    Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas

    Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas

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    The documentary tracks the diva's difficult progress as she emerges from the tough, testosterone-fuelled world of the big bands of the 30s and 40s,...

    Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
  • 1935
    Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life

    Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life

    Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life

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    A rising nineteen-year-old singer by the name of Billie Holiday made her screen debut in this musical landmark, which features Duke Ellington and his...

    Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
  • 2020
    Billie

    Billie

    Billie

    6.92020HD

    ‘Lady Day’ was one of the greatest jazz vocalists the world ever heard. In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the...

    Billie
  • 2002
    It's Black Entertainment

    It's Black Entertainment

    It's Black Entertainment

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    A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa...

    It's Black Entertainment
  • 1947
    New Orleans

    New Orleans

    New Orleans

    6.61947HD

    A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody...

    New Orleans
  • 1990
    Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday

    Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday

    Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday

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    Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday integrates film and video performances, recordings, words from her controversial autobiography (read by...

    Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
  • 1933
    The Emperor Jones

    The Emperor Jones

    The Emperor Jones

    5.71933HD

    Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a...

    The Emperor Jones
  • 1971
    Diary Films I - V

    Diary Films I - V

    Diary Films I - V

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    Diary Films I - V
  • 1984
    The Long Night of Lady Day

    The Long Night of Lady Day

    The Long Night of Lady Day

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    This acclaimed documentary depicts the sad life of the greatest of all jazz singers, Billie Holiday, a life engraved with personal tragedy and...

    The Long Night of Lady Day
  • 2002
    Strange Fruit

    Strange Fruit

    Strange Fruit

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    In 1937, after seeing a photo depicting the lynching of a black man in the south, Bronx-born high school teacher Abel Meeropol wrote a poem entitled...

    Strange Fruit
  • 2006
    Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

    Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

    Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1

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    Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
  • 2015
    Billie Holiday: A Sensation

    Billie Holiday: A Sensation

    Billie Holiday: A Sensation

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    A documentary about the legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday (1915-1959). There exist many myths and legends about the Jazz Singer Billie Holiday...

    Billie Holiday: A Sensation
  • 2002
    Billie on Billie

    Billie on Billie

    Billie on Billie

    02002HD

    This film about the life of Billie Holiday is as mesmerising and exquisite as her legendary singing voice, featuring interviews with the legendary...

    Billie on Billie
  • 2020
    Strange Fruit

    Strange Fruit

    Strange Fruit

    102020HD

    A string quartet performance of a song that reflects the current times.

    Strange Fruit