BESSIE [DVD + DIGITAL COPY]

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• Release Year: 2015
• Genre: Action/Adventure, Documentary, Science-Fiction
• Plot: Oscar® nominee Queen Latifah (Chicago) stars as legendary blues singer Bessie Smith in this HBO Films presentation. Also starring Michael Kenneth Williams (12 Years a Slave) and Oscar® winner Mo’Nique (Precious), Bessie focuses on the transformation of a struggling young singer into “The Empress of the Blues,” one of the most successful and influential recording artists of the 1920s. Capturing Bessie Smith's professional and personal highs and lows, the film paints a portrait of a tenacious spirit who, despite her demons, became a legend.
• Cast: Queen Latifah, Michael Kenneth Williams, Oliver Platt, Tika Sumpter, Bryan Greenberg, Khandi Alexander, Mike Epps, Charles S. Dutton, Mo'Nique, Tory Kittles, Onira Tares, Marie L. Burke, Jennifer Sears, Alkoya Brunson, Jim R. Coleman, Jessejames Locorriere, L. Warren Young, Adella Gautier, Neko Parham, Todd Allen Durkin, Joe Knezevich, Terence Rosemore, Whitney Goin, Tia Hendricks, Blanca Camacho, Kamryn Johnson, Jeremie Harris, Geoffrey Howard, Clay Chappell, Cj Sykes, Hunter Womack, Chantelle Rose Mussenden, Karri Mack, Levi Erik, Rob Hays, Dianne Starkey, Kaden Washington Lewis, Swift Rice, Christopher Harvey, Briana Starks, Sharan C. Mansfield, Nicole Spiezio, Crystal Lee Brown, Ninita McCan, Sylvester Ambrose James II, Jody Mayfield, Melissa Youngblood, Bralyn Stokes, Michael Fontaine, Selena Anderson, Sierra Jones, Christopher L. Plunkett, Adebukola Bodunrin, Calvin Swanigan, Tae-La Actress, Ricardo Bailey, Perry Ball, Qualen Bradley, Jeffery James Bucchino, Judy McGee Burley, Jessica Marie C., Tiffany Chambers, Jameson Jamey Copeland, Taurus Davis, Derrick Dee Drake, Shannon Edwards, Samuel Lee Fudge, Curtis Gordon, Jermaine Salute Green, Montice Harmon, Roger A. Harrison, Sarah Turner Holland, Charlie Johnson, Noah Hudson Killingbeck, Jimi Lanham, Dc Martin, Trey McGriff, John Merical, Keishanna Michele, Samuel Oden, Jessica Pressley, Monique Scott, Alex Silvestre, Dorothea Syleos, Jasmine Taylor, Trayvon Williams, Dee Rees, Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois, Horton Foote
• Director: Dee Rees
• Runtime: 2:15
• Company: HBO Films
• Media Format: Movie