Bessie

The Resource Bessie
Label
Bessie
Statement of responsibility
HBO Films ; directed by Dee Rees ; screenplay by Dee Rees and Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois ; produced by Ron Schmidt ; HBO Films presents a Flavor Unit Entertainment production [and] a Zanuck Company production
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Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
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
Member of
Awards note
2015 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Television Movie; Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or a Special; Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie; Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or a Movie.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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Credits note
Music, Rachel Portman ; editor, Brian A. Kates ; director of photography, Jeffrey Jur ; story by Dee Rees and Horton Foote
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Rating: TV-MA
Language note
In English, dubbed French or dubbed Latin Spanish, with optional English, French, or Latin Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
LC call number
PN1997.2
LC item number
.B48 2015
PerformerNote
Queen Latifah, Michael Kenneth Williams, Khandi Alexander, Tika Sumpter, Tory Kittles, Mike Epps, Oliver Platt, Bryan Greenberg, Charles S. Dutton, Mo'nique
Runtime
112
Technique
live action
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