About Billie
A newly-unearthed treasure trove of audio interviews about Billie Holiday form the basis of this new documentary profile of the great jazz singer. Eschewing the standard talking-heads presentation, this new documentary combines archive and performance footage and stills with audio testimonies from those who met or knew Billie Holiday, conducted in the 1970s for a planned biography. The book was scotched after the author’s early death; the tapes have not been heard, until now.
