Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill (2016)

Biography, Drama, Made for TV, Music

LadyDayatEmersonsBar&Grill-2016-posterDirector: Lonny Price

Writer(s): Lanie Robertson

Starring: Audra McDonald, Shelton Becton, George Farmer, Clayton Craddock, Roxie, Debra Crowe, David Michael Cefalu

Synopsis: 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.

Release Date: March 12, 2016 (USA) | Length: 90 min | Genre: Biography, Drama, Music | Certificate: TV-14

Note: Haven’t found the film length. HBO removed the original teaser/trailer from Youtube so I have to embed one from IMDB.