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Name: Billie
Released: 2020-11-13

Billie

NR
1h 31m
2020

97%

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Billie Holiday had one of the greatest voices of all time and changed the face of American music. She was a woman of breath-taking talent and global popularity while also stirring controversy. She started a notable rebellion singing "Strange Fruit" which exposed the realities of Black life in America and earned her powerful enemies. Raw, emotional and brutally honest, Billie is filled with never-before-heard interviews from musical greats Count Basie, Charles Mingus, Sylvia Syms and Tony Bennett.

Director:

James Erskine

Producer:

Barry Clark Ewers, James Erskine, Victoria Gregory, Laure Vaysse

Writer:

James Erskine

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

97%

Critics Consensus: A rich and engaging portrait of the famed musician, Billie puts a spotlight on a story that goes beyond the conventional artist profile.

Reviews

iNews.co.uk

Christina Newland

A bon vivant, a troubled woman, and many things besides, the film does not work to overly pathologise her, but presents all her many pieces to the audience.

As much as the film is a testament to Holidays life, it is also a tribute to the passion one writer had in getting to know the real Lady.

The brilliance of this duality, the two tales documenting Holiday, of the artist and of the biographer, the telling of the singularity that was Billie through [a] mirror.

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NME (New Musical Express)

Jordan Bassett

This loving portrait sheds little new light on the star, but is compelling nonetheless...

The thrill of the documentary is in hearing the voices of key players in Holiday's story and their competing versions of events.

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