Billie

  • Billie
Genre : Biography
Type : Docu-drama
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Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2020
Format : Feature
Running time : 92 (in minutes)
http://latelierdistribution.fr/billie/

Billie Holiday had one of the greatest voices of all time. 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. Then in the late 1960's journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the definitive biography of Billie. Over the next decade, she tracked down and tape-recorded interviews with the extraordinary characters that populated the iconic singer's short, tumultuous life. These incredibly intimate testimonies are not only told by some of the musical greats, but Billie Holiday herself is revealed through the eyes of her cousin, her school friends, lovers, lawyers, pimps and even the FBI agents who arrested her. Linda's book was never finished and the tapes unplayed - until now. With unprecedented and exclusive access to Linda's astonishing 200 hours of never-before-heard interviews, BILLIE showcases an American legend, capturing her depths and complexity through the voices of those who knew her best. Painstakingly restored with footage and stills colorized by one of the leading color artists, it is an arresting and powerful tale of one of the greatest singers who ever lived, and of Linda Lipnack Kuehl, the woman who would sacrifice her life in trying to tell it.

A film by James ESKINE

starring Billie Holiday, Linda Lipnack Kuehl, Count Basie, Tony Bennett, Jimmy Fletcher, Bobby Tucker, Jimmy Rowles, Sylvia Syms

United Kingdom - 2020 - Documentary - 1h38 - VOST - 2,35 - 5.1 - Visa Nº 153.700



Themes : Music, segregation, racism

Réalisateur : James Eskine

Distribution (France) :
L'Atelier Distribution
http://latelierdistribution.fr/billie/

First French release: 30 September 2020
New French release (after pandemic): 19 May 2021

The film is available on Globecast and Coinage

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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