Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday

Overview

Lady 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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 1, 1990

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Cast

Billie Holiday

Director

Matthew Seig

Writer

Robert O'Meally

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt1459922