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Bessie

DVD

2015

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	Bessie / screenplay by Dee Rees and Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois ; directed by Dee Rees.
Publisher, Date:	[Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2015] New York, NY : HBO Home Video
Description:	1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. DVD video 4 3/4 in. digital optical widescreen (1.78:1) DVD-video NTSC video file DVD video region 1
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.
Target Audience Note:	Rating: TV-MA.
Subjects:	Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937 -- Drama. African American women singers -- Biography -- Drama. Women blues musicians -- United States -- Biography -- Drama. Made-for-TV movies. Biographical films. Historical films. Musical films.
Other Author:	Rees, Dee, film director, screenwriter. Cleveland, Christopher, 1959- screenwriter. Gilois, Bettina, screenwriter. Queen Latifah, 1970- actor. Williams, Michael Kenneth, actor. Mo'Nique, actor. HBO Video (Firm), film distributor.
Notes:	Title from container. DVD release of the 2015 motion picture. Widescreen. Special feature: Behind-the-scenes. Music, Rachel Portman ; editor, Brian A. Kates ; director of photography, Jeffrey Jur. Queen Latifah, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mo'nique. DVD ; widescreen (16:9) presentation ; 5.1 surround (English and French) and 2.0 stereo. surround (Spanish).
Publisher Number:	1000568303
Other Number:	914241343
System Availability:	1
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	1
Control Number:	536807
# Local items in:	1
# System items in:	1
Call Number:	DVD TV Bessie

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