Billie Holiday A Sensation (2015)

A documentary about the legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday 19151959 There exist many myths and legends about the Jazz Singer Billie Holiday one of the greatest voices of the last century Most of them tell the story of the tragic victim of drugs alcohol men color or the circumstances of her upbringing To some extent she contributed herself to these legends especially in her autobiography Lady Sings the Blues In recent years more and more records and reports have shown a different picture of her These statements of confidants colleagues and friends clean up with many of the legends and show a strong personality who has been anything but a pitiable victim Billie Holiday was a strongwilled and determined person and a very complex personality who did not correspond to the classic victim type