Bessie [videorecording]

Title:

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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.

Audience:

Rating: TV-MA.

Personal Subject:

Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937-Drama.

Subject Term:

African American women singers -- Biography -- Drama.

Women blues musicians -- United States -- Biography -- Drama.

Genre:

Added Author:

Cleveland, Christopher, 1959-

Gilois, Bettina,

Queen Latifah, 1970-

Williams, Michael Kenneth,

Mo'Nique,

Added Corporate Author:

HBO Video (Firm),

Electronic Access:

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General Note Searchable:

Title from container.

DVD release of the 2015 motion picture.

Widescreen.

Special feature: Behind-the-scenes.

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