Billie Holiday Movies
- 1933
The Emperor Jones
The Emperor Jones5.71933HD
Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbea...
- 2005
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas
Sarah Vaughan & Other Jazz Divas02005HD
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...
- 1984
The Long Night of Lady Day
The Long Night of Lady Day91984HD
This acclaimed documentary depicts the sad life of the greatest of all jazz singers, Billie Holiday, a life engraved with personal tragedy and ultimat...
- 2002
Billie on Billie
Billie on Billie02002HD
This film about the life of Billie Holiday is as mesmerising and exquisite as her legendary singing voice, featuring interviews with the legendary jaz...
- 2006
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.1
Jazz Voice - The Ladies sing Jazz Vol.102006HD
- 1951
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet
'Sugar Chile' Robinson, Billie Holiday, Count Basie and His Sextet01951HD
Short film featuring performances by Frank "Sugar Chile" Robinson, Billie Holiday and Count Basie and his sextet. From the Cinema Apart Collection.
- 2002
Strange Fruit
Strange Fruit02002HD
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 "...
- 2005
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection
Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection02005HD
This remarkable DVD includes rare TV and film performances, an especially rare radio interview with Mike Wallace, an audio-only rehearsal session with...
- 2007
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit02007HD
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...
- 1990
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday101990HD
Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday integrates film and video performances, recordings, words from her controversial autobiography (read by act...
- 1947
New Orleans
New Orleans6.61947HD
A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman,...
- 2015
Billie Holiday: A Sensation
Billie Holiday: A Sensation82015HD
A documentary about the legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday (1915-1959). There exist many myths and legends about the Jazz Singer Billie Holiday — o...
- 1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?5.71975HD
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
- 1935
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life
Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life6.61935HD
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...
- 2002
It's Black Entertainment
It's Black Entertainment82002HD
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...
- 2019
The Apollo
The Apollo6.32019HD
The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.
- 2013
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas
Queens of Jazz: The Joy and Pain of the Jazz Divas02013HD
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...
- 2020
Billie
Billie6.92020HD
‘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...