This Is Pop
2021
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Unknown histories take center stage as the hitmakers themselves - from ABBA to T-Pain - explore dimensions of p...
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Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan, was an American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz music and pop singing. Her vocal style, strongly inspired by jazz instrumentalists, pioneered a new way of manipulating phrasing and tempo. She was known for her vocal delivery and improvisational skills. Billie Holiday appeared in four feature films and many television shows.
Filmography
Browse movies and TV shows featuring Billie Holiday
Jazz
2001
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Jazz is a ten part series that explores the evolution – and the genius – of America’s greatest original art for...
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
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Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment...
It's Black Entertainment
2002
star 8.7
A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in fi...
Emperor Jones
1933
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Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado,...
Billie
2020
star 6.8
‘Lady Day’ was one of the greatest jazz vocalists the world ever heard. In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl...
The Apollo
2019
star 6.4
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.
New Orleans
1947
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A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis A...
Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got
1985
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This in-depth examination of the life and career of clarinetist and bandleader Artie Shaw cuts between archival...
The Magic Voices of Pop
2021
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What is the vocal alchemy that propels pop singers to the pinnacle of success, decade after decade? Can we iden...
Strange Fruit
2002
star 9.0
In 1937, after seeing a photo depicting the lynching of a black man in the south, Bronx-born high school teache...
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
1935
star 6.8
A rising nineteen-year-old singer by the name of Billie Holiday made her screen debut in this musical landmark,...
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
2013
The documentary tracks the diva's difficult progress as she emerges from the tough, testosterone-fuelled world...
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
2015
star 8.0
A documentary about the legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday (1915-1959). There exist many myths and legends ab...
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
2005
This remarkable DVD includes rare TV and film performances, an especially rare radio interview with Mike Wallac...
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
2005
Here's a perfect chance to compare and contrast a clutch of the greatest jazz divas in the history of the genre...
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
1951
star 9.0
Short film featuring performances by Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson, Billie Holiday and Count Basie and his sexte...
Benny Carter: Symphony in Riffs
1990
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Burt Lancaster narrates this overview of the incredible career of jazz saxophonist Benny Carter, one of the chi...
The Long Night of Lady Day
1984
star 9.0
This acclaimed documentary depicts the sad life of the greatest of all jazz singers, Billie Holiday, a life eng...
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
1990
star 10.0
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday integrates film and video performances, recordings, words from her c...
Billie on Billie
2002
This film about the life of Billie Holiday is as mesmerising and exquisite as her legendary singing voice, feat...
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
2006
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
2007
Performance footage of Billie Holiday may admittedly be scant, but this issue compiles into a single release, s...