CinemaOSMovie · 2016 · 1h 30m

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

76%(13)IMDbMusicDramaTV Movie

It's 1959 in a seedy bar in Philadelphia, and Billie Holiday is giving one of her last performances interlaced with salty, often humorous, reminiscences to project a riveting portrait of the lady and her music 4 months before her death.

Directed byLonny Price

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 30m
Language
EN
Released
March 12, 2016
Studios
Two Hands Entertainment

Featuring

Cast & crew

4 credited
Starring
Audra McDonald

Audra McDonald

Lady Day

Shelton Becton

Jimmy Powers

David Michael Cefalu

Audience Patron

Katie Lynn Cotaya

Waitress

Creative team
Directed by
Lonny Price
Lonny Price
Written by
Lanie Robertson
Produced by
Allen Newman

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