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The Resource Bessie, HBO Films presents a Flavor Unit Entertainment production and a Zanuck Company production ; produced by Ron Schmidt ; story by Dee Rees and Horton Foote ; screenplay by Dee Rees and Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois ; directed by Dee Rees
Bessie, HBO Films presents a Flavor Unit Entertainment production and a Zanuck Company production ; produced by Ron Schmidt ; story by Dee Rees and Horton Foote ; screenplay by Dee Rees and Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois ; directed by Dee Rees
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The item Bessie, HBO Films presents a Flavor Unit Entertainment production and a Zanuck Company production ; produced by Ron Schmidt ; story by Dee Rees and Horton Foote ; screenplay by Dee Rees and Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois ; directed by Dee Rees represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item Bessie, HBO Films presents a Flavor Unit Entertainment production and a Zanuck Company production ; produced by Ron Schmidt ; story by Dee Rees and Horton Foote ; screenplay by Dee Rees and Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois ; directed by Dee Rees represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries.
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- Summary
- Focuses on 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
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- spa
- eng
- fre
- spa
- eng
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (135 min.)
- Note
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- Special features, languages, subtitles, and number of discs may vary
- Title from container
- DVD release of the 2015 motion picture
- Widescreen
- Special feature : Bessie: a Creative Journey, an exclusive in-depth look at the collaborative process in Bringing the movie to life on screen; features interviews with cast and crew, including Queen Latifah, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mo'Nique, and director Dee Rees
- Label
- Bessie
- Title
- Bessie
- Statement of responsibility
- HBO Films presents a Flavor Unit Entertainment production and a Zanuck Company production ; produced by Ron Schmidt ; story by Dee Rees and Horton Foote ; screenplay by Dee Rees and Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois ; directed by Dee Rees
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- spa
- eng
- fre
- spa
- eng
- Summary
- Focuses on 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
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Music, Rachel Portman ; editor, Brian A. Kates ; director of photography, Jeffrey Jur
- Dewey number
- 791.43/72
- Intended audience
- Rating: TV-MA
- Language note
- In English, French, or Latin Spanish, with English, French, or Latin Spanish subtitles. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired
- LC call number
- PN1992.77
- LC item number
- .B47 2015
- PerformerNote
- Queen Latifah, Michael Kenneth Williams, Khandi Alexander, Mike Epps, Tory Kittles, Tika Sumpter, Oliver Platt, Bryan Greenberg, Charles S. Dutton, Mo'nique
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1959-
- 1970-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Schmidt, Ron
- Rees, Dee
- Foote, Horton
- Cleveland, Christopher
- Gilois, Bettina
- Queen Latifah
- Williams, Michael Kenneth
- Mo'Nique
- HBO Films
- Flavor Unit (Firm)
- Zanuck Company
- HBO Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Runtime
- 135
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Smith, Bessie
- African American women singers
- Women blues musicians
- Feature films
- Technique
- live action
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- Label
- Bessie, HBO Films presents a Flavor Unit Entertainment production and a Zanuck Company production ; produced by Ron Schmidt ; story by Dee Rees and Horton Foote ; screenplay by Dee Rees and Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois ; directed by Dee Rees
- Note
-
- Special features, languages, subtitles, and number of discs may vary
- Title from container
- DVD release of the 2015 motion picture
- Widescreen
- Special feature : Bessie: a Creative Journey, an exclusive in-depth look at the collaborative process in Bringing the movie to life on screen; features interviews with cast and crew, including Queen Latifah, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mo'Nique, and director Dee Rees
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
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- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- quadrophonic multichannel or surround
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
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- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
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- 4 3/4 in.
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (135 min.)
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 883929477333
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Physical substance
- DVD video
- Publisher number
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- 1000568303
- 3000064724
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)914241343
- 970209
- (OCoLC)ocn914241343
- 970209
- System details
- DVD ; widescreen (16:9) presentation ; 5.1 surround (English and French) and 2.0 stereo. surround (Spanish)
- Video recording format
- DVD
- Label
- Bessie, HBO Films presents a Flavor Unit Entertainment production and a Zanuck Company production ; produced by Ron Schmidt ; story by Dee Rees and Horton Foote ; screenplay by Dee Rees and Christopher Cleveland & Bettina Gilois ; directed by Dee Rees
- Note
-
- Special features, languages, subtitles, and number of discs may vary
- Title from container
- DVD release of the 2015 motion picture
- Widescreen
- Special feature : Bessie: a Creative Journey, an exclusive in-depth look at the collaborative process in Bringing the movie to life on screen; features interviews with cast and crew, including Queen Latifah, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mo'Nique, and director Dee Rees
- Carrier category
- videodisc
- Carrier category code
-
- vd
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Configuration of playback channels
- quadrophonic multichannel or surround
- Content category
- two-dimensional moving image
- Content type code
-
- tdi
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
-
- 4 3/4 in.
- other
- Extent
- 1 videodisc (135 min.)
- Media category
- video
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- v
- Medium for sound
- videodisc
- Other control number
- 883929477333
- Other physical details
- sound, color
- Physical substance
- DVD video
- Publisher number
-
- 1000568303
- 3000064724
- Sound on medium or separate
- sound on medium
- Specific material designation
- videodisc
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)914241343
- 970209
- (OCoLC)ocn914241343
- 970209
- System details
- DVD ; widescreen (16:9) presentation ; 5.1 surround (English and French) and 2.0 stereo. surround (Spanish)
- Video recording format
- DVD
Subject
- Musical films
- Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937 -- Drama
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Women blues musicians -- United States -- Biography | Drama
- Dramatic films
- Feature films
- Historical films
- Made-for-TV movies
- African American women singers -- Biography | Drama
Genre
- Made-for-TV movies
- Biographical films
- Biography
- Drama
- Dramatic films
- Historical films
- Musical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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