CinemaOSMovie · 2016 · 1h 30m

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill

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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

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
Written by: Lanie Robertson
Produced by: Allen Newman

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