Emperor Jones
Sep 29, 1933Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
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Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Jan 01, 2005Here'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 with her fellow pop-jazz queens, sultry Lena Horne, Ella "The First Lady of Song" Fitzgerald, gorgeous Dorothy Dandridge and Billie "Lady Day" Holiday. Rarely has there been more outstanding vocal talent compiled on a single disc.
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The Long Night of Lady Day
Jan 25, 1984This acclaimed documentary depicts the sad life of the greatest of all jazz singers, Billie Holiday, a life engraved with personal tragedy and ultimately shortened by drug abuse and alcoholism. Her story and career are portrayed through rare archival film and television appearances, memorable renditions of her greatest songs, and interviews with friends and colleagues.
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Billie on Billie
Jan 20, 2002This film about the life of Billie Holiday is as mesmerising and exquisite as her legendary singing voice, featuring interviews with the legendary jazz singer reveal the story behind her songs.
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
Dec 04, 2006Cette extraordinaire collection de DVD en deux volumes présente les chanteurs de jazz les plus importants et les plus influents de l'histoire de l'idiome, y compris des artistes légendaires comme Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Dinah Washington, Lena Horne et Nina Simone, entre autres. . Ces rares enregistrements DVD présentent les grandes dames du jazz au sommet de leurs talents considérables, interprétant les plus belles œuvres de leur répertoire stellaire. Qu'il s'agisse de la joie exubérante d'Ella Fitzgerald, de la puissance viscérale de Billie Holiday, de la pyrotechnie vocale de Sarah Vaughan ou de la sensualité tempérée de Carmen McRae, ces DVD révèlent l'éclat individuel et le style unique de chacune des grandes divas du jazz sans des conférenciers ou des introducteurs... Rien que de la musique !
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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.
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Strange Fruit
May 20, 2002In 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" that begins with the words: "Southern trees bear a strange fruit / Blood on the leaves and blood at the root." He set the poem to music and a few years later convinced Billy holiday to record it in a legendary heartbreaking performance. Intertwining jazz genealogy, biography, performance footage, and the history of lynching, director Joel Katz fashions a fascinating discovery of the lost story behind a true American classic. Written by Excerpted from Coolidge Corner Theatre Program Update
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Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Nov 05, 2007Performance footage of Billie Holiday may admittedly be scant, but this issue compiles into a single release, song cuts from some of Holiday's live filmed performances that are still existent. Rare performances from the legendary jazz vocalist filmed throughout the 1950's. Features Billie backed by other Jazz luminaries like Count Basie, Ben Webster, Gerry Mulligan, Doc Cheatham, Mal Waldron and others.
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Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
Oct 25, 2005This remarkable DVD includes rare TV and film performances, an especially rare radio interview with Mike Wallace, an audio-only rehearsal session with pianist Jimmy Rowles, audio interviews with friends and fellow musicians, an interactive timeline and an evocative photo-document gallery featuring hundreds of dates and images, from rare photos to personal letters, plus Lady Day's complete recording history for major record companies. Performance highlights include three from 1956's 'Stars Of Jazz' TV that are seen here for the first time since their original broadcast, Holiday's first appearance on film, Duke Ellington's "Saddest Tale," and the classic "Fine And Mellow" with Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, and other jazz greats.
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Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
Mar 01, 1990Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday integrates film and video performances, recordings, words from her controversial autobiography (read by actress Ruby Dee) and interviews with artists who played with her (pianist Mal Waldron, trumpeter Buck Clayton and Harry "Sweets" Edison), Milt Gabler (owner of Commodore and a producer at Decca), author Albert Murray and vocalists Carmen McRae and Annie Ross.
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New Orleans
Apr 18, 1947A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman, and others.
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Billie Holiday, un supplément d'âme
Apr 07, 2015Billie Holiday (1915-1959) n’a pas eu une enfance facile. Née d’une mère mineure à la dérive, elle a été violée une première fois à l’âge de 11 ans, puis condamnée par un tribunal pour enfants et placée dans une maison de redressement catholique... : autant de drames qui ont concouru à forger son caractère de battante. Le quartier du port de Baltimore où elle a grandi étant aussi celui des boîtes de jazz, elle participe très tôt aux concours entre musiciens en vogue à l'époque. En 1929, elle rejoint sa mère à New York et commence à chanter dans les bars de Harlem. Remarquée par un producteur de disques, elle enregistre avec Benny Goodman, puis tourne un court métrage avec Duke Ellington. Sa carrière est lancée. Mais sa tournée de 1938 avec une formation exclusivement blanche la renvoie à son destin de femme noire confrontée à la ségrégation raciale dans le Sud…
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Aug 06, 1975Period 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
Sep 12, 1935A 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 orchestra performing his symphonic jazz piece “A Rhapsody of Negro Life” set to scenes of everyday African American life.
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It's Black Entertainment
Feb 08, 2002A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Williams traces the struggles and triumphs of the superstars of music and film. Among the many artists featured are: Whitney Houston, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Cab Calloway, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald, and Little Richard, Also included are today's contemporary superstars: Snoop Dogg, Ice T, Quincy Jones, Spike Lee, Russell Simmons, and many, more! 80 minutes plus DVD bonus features.
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L'Apollo
Apr 24, 2019Roger Ross Williams revit l’histoire de l’Apollo Theater, symbole de l’excellence des Noirs américains, avec des images de concerts et des interviews.
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Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
May 10, 2013The 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 fill nightclubs and saloons across the US in the 50s and early 60s as a force in her own right. Looking at the lives and careers of six individual singers (Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughan, Nina Simone and Annie Ross), the film not only talks to those who knew and worked with these queens of jazz, but also to contemporary singers who sit on the shoulders of these trailblazing talents without having to endure the pain and hardship it took for them to make their highly individual voices heard above the prejudice of mid-century America.
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Billie
Sep 30, 2020BILLIE HOLIDAY est l'une des plus grandes voix de tous les temps. Elle fut la première icône de la protestation contre le racisme ce qui lui a valu de puissants ennemis. A la fin des années 1960, la journaliste Linda Lipnack Kuehl commence une biographie officielle de l'artiste. Elle recueille 200 heures de témoignages incroyables : Charles Mingus Tony Bennett, Sylvia Syms, Count Basie, ses amants, ses avocats, ses proxénètes et même les agents du FBI qui l'ont arrêtée....Mais le livre de Linda n'a jamais été terminé et les bandes sont restés inédites … jusqu'à présent. BILLIE est l'histoire de la chanteuse qui a changé le visage de la musique américaine et de la journaliste qui est morte en essayant de raconter l’histoire de Lady telle qu’elle était.
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Lady Sings the Blues
Oct 12, 1972Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic youth. The story depicts her early attempts at a singing career and her eventual rise to stardom, as well as her difficult relationship with Louis McKay, her boyfriend and manager. Casting a shadow over even Holiday's brightest moments is the vocalist's severe drug addiction, which threatens to end both her career and her life.
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Jazz
Jan 31, 2001Jazz is a ten part series that explores the evolution – and the genius – of America’s greatest original art form, focusing on the extraordinary men and women who could do something remarkable – create art on the spot. Jazz celebrates their profoundly enduring, endlessly varied, and infinitely alluring music in the context of the complicated country that gave birth to and influenced it, and was in turn transformed by it.
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This Is Pop
Apr 24, 2021Découvrez l'origine de vos chansons pop préférées dans ce docu-série qui illustre l'impact des festivals, d'Auto-Tune, des boys bands et bien plus encore.
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