Bessie

HBO Films presents a Flavor Unit Entertainment production and a Zanuck Company production ; produced by Ron Schmidt ; story by Dee Rees and Horton Foote ; screenplay by Dee Rees and Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois ; directed by Dee Rees
videorecording (DVD) - 2015

Focuses on Bessie Smith's transformation from a struggling young singer into 'The Empress of the Blues', who became one of the most successful recording artists of the 1920s and is an enduring icon today.

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Other Authors: Queen Latifah, 1970- (Actor), Williams, Michael Kenneth (Actor), Mo'Nique (Actor)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Spanish
Published: [United States] : Home Box Office, [2015]
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