Billie is a 2019 documentary film about Billie Holiday, written and directed by James Erskine.[2][3][4][5] The film is based around interviews recorded on audio cassettes through the 1970s by Linda Lipnack Kuehl, researching a book on Holiday that was never completed.[6][7] Kuehl's interviews were with friends, family members, band members, peers from 1930s Harlem, piano players, psychiatrists and a pimp.[7] The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival in September 2019.[8][9]
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Directed by | James Erskine |
Screenplay by | James Erskine |
Produced by | Barry Clark-Ewers |
Starring | Billie Holiday |
Music by | Hans Mullens |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom[1] |
Language | English |
In 2021, Billie won Documentary of the Year at the JJA Jazz Awards.[10]