The multi-talented Queen Latifah stars as blues singer Bessie Smith in the biopic Bessie. It premieres tonight on HBO. (Mo'Nique co-stars as Smith's fellow blues singer Ma Rainey.) I learned of the film several weeks ago when I saw an ad for it on the side of a city bus.
Bessie Smith, who was called "The Empress of the Blues," died in a car accident in 1937 at the age of 43.
Unfortunately I won't be able to watch the film because I don't subscribe to cable TV. But I look forward to seeing it when it comes out on DVD.
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Saturday, May 16, 2015
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