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Bessie
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The work Bessie represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource Bessie
Label
Bessie
Statement of responsibility
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
Contributor
  • Mo'Nique
  • Queen Latifah, 1970-
  • Rees, Dee
  • Schmidt, Ron, (Ronald J.)
  • Williams, Michael Kenneth
  • Gilois, Bettina
  • Flavor Unit (Firm)
  • HBO Home Entertainment (Firm)
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
  • Zanuck Company
  • Cleveland, Christopher, 1959-
  • Foote, Horton
  • HBO Films
Actor
  • Williams, Michael Kenneth
  • Queen Latifah, 1970-
  • Mo'Nique
Distributor
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
  • HBO Home Entertainment (Firm)
Production company
  • HBO Films
  • Flavor Unit (Firm)
  • Zanuck Company
Television director
  • Rees, Dee
Television producer
  • Schmidt, Ron, (Ronald J.)
Subject
  • African American women singers -- Biography | Drama
  • Biographical films
  • Feature films
  • Historical films
  • Made-for-TV movies
  • Musical films
  • Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937 -- Drama
  • Women blues musicians -- United States -- Biography | Drama
Genre
  • Musical films
  • Drama
  • Made-for-TV movies
  • Biography
  • Biographical films
  • Historical films
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • 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
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Music, Rachel Portman ; editor, Brian A. Kates ; director of photography, Jeffrey Jur
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Rating: TV-MA
Language note
In English, French, or Latin Spanish, with English, French, or Latin Spanish subtitles
LC call number
PN1992.77
LC item number
.B47 2015
PerformerNote
Queen Latifah, Michael Kenneth Williams, Khandi Alexander, Mike Epps, Tory Kittles, Tika Sumpter, Oliver Platt, Bryan Greenberg, Charles S. Dutton, Mo'nique
Runtime
135
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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  • 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

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