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Bessie / screenplay by Dee Rees and Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois ; directed by Dee Rees.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 1000568303 | Home Box OfficePublisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2015]Distributor: New York, NY : HBO Home Video Description: 1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Music, Rachel Portman ; editor, Brian A. Kates ; director of photography, Jeffrey Jur.
Cast: Queen Latifah, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mo'nique.Summary: 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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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Dr. James Carlson Library DVD DRAMA Bessie Available 33111008320257
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

DVD release of the 2015 motion picture.

Special feature: Behind-the-scenes.

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Widescreen.

Music, Rachel Portman ; editor, Brian A. Kates ; director of photography, Jeffrey Jur.

Queen Latifah, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mo'nique.

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.

Rating: TV-MA.

DVD ; widescreen (16:9) presentation ; 5.1 surround (English and French) and 2.0 stereo. surround (Spanish).

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