Billie Holiday Movies
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The Emperor Jones
The Emperor JonesMOVIE
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbea...
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Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz DivasMOVIE
Here's a perfect chance to compare and contrast a clutch of the greatest jazz divas in the history of the genre. "Sassy" Sarah Vaughan appears along w...
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The Long Night of Lady Day
The Long Night of Lady DayMOVIE
This acclaimed documentary depicts the sad life of the greatest of all jazz singers, Billie Holiday, a life engraved with personal tragedy and ultimat...
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Billie on Billie
Billie on BillieMOVIE
This film about the life of Billie Holiday is as mesmerising and exquisite as her legendary singing voice, featuring interviews with the legendary jaz...
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Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1MOVIE
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'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His SextetMOVIE
Short film featuring performances by Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson, Billie Holiday and Count Basie and his sextet. From the Cinema Apart Collection.
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Strange Fruit
Strange FruitMOVIE
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 "...
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Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday: Strange FruitMOVIE
Performance footage of Billie Holiday may admittedly be scant, but this issue compiles into a single release, song cuts from some of Holiday's live fi...
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Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate CollectionMOVIE
This remarkable DVD includes rare TV and film performances, an especially rare radio interview with Mike Wallace, an audio-only rehearsal session with...
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Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie HolidayMOVIE
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday integrates film and video performances, recordings, words from her controversial autobiography (read by act...
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New Orleans
New OrleansMOVIE
A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman,...
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Billie Holiday: A Sensation
Billie Holiday: A SensationMOVIE
A documentary about the legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday (1915-1959). There exist many myths and legends about the Jazz Singer Billie Holiday — o...
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?MOVIE
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro LifeMOVIE
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...
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It's Black Entertainment
It's Black EntertainmentMOVIE
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Willi...
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The Apollo
The ApolloMOVIE
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.
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Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz DivasMOVIE
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, to...
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Billie
BillieMOVIE
‘Lady Day’ was one of the greatest jazz vocalists the world ever heard. In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the definitive biogra...