The Long Night of Lady Day

9.0 1984 90 min
Documentary

This acclaimed documentary depicts the sad life of the greatest of all jazz singers, Billie Holiday, a life engraved with personal tragedy and ultimately shortened by drug abuse and alcoholism. Her story and career are…

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John Jeremy
Writer
John Jeremy

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Billie Holiday
Artie Shaw
Carmen McRae
Leonard Feather
John Hammond
Alice Vrbsky
Norman Granz
Michele Wallace Self

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