The tragic destiny of 20th century singer Billie Holiday has already earned her the subject of a biopic, produced in 1972, with Diana Ross in the title role.
Lady Sings the Blues
was taken from the star's autobiography, published in 1956, three years before her untimely death.
Billie
is a project of a different caliber.
We are far from Hollywood with this detailed and often believed portrait of the performer who upset the course of jazz, and, beyond that, of all American music.
More than sixty years after her death, Lady Day continues to inspire many singers, struck by the singularity of her interpretation.
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The film is based on a wealth of unpublished information: the numerous recordings made between 1971 and 1972 by journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl.
Fascinated by Billie Holiday, the young woman had begun her investigation in order to draw a precise and rigorous biography.
Before dying defenestrated in Washington in 1978 following a concert by Count Basie,
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