Being Billie: Re-imagining Billie Holiday

Director of Photography
Hillary Spera

A feature length documentary film that examines through narrative and visual images, Billie Holiday’s life and impact on popular culture. The film illustrates how the Holiday story over time has evolved into a mythic, one dimensional portrait, and provides a more realistic means by which Holiday can be assessed and consequently, RE-IMAGINED.

Featured interviewees include:
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Terri Lyne Carrington
Kimberle’ Williams Crenshaw
Angela Y. Davis
Carmen De Lavallade
Lorraine Feather
Nikki Giovanni
Lalah Hathaway
Rickie Lee Jones
Abbey Lincoln
Joni Mitchell
Tracie Morris
Madeleine Peyroux
Dianne Reeves
Annie Ross
Sonia Sanchez (read less)

Director of Photography
Hillary Spera

A feature length documentary film that examines through narrative and visual images, Billie Holiday’s life and impact on popular culture. The film illustrates how the Holiday story over time has evolved into a mythic, one dimensional portrait, and provides a more realistic means by which Holiday can be assessed and consequently, RE-IMAGINED.

Featured interviewees include:
Dee Dee Bridgewater
Terri Lyne Carrington
Kimberle’ Williams Crenshaw
Angela Y.... (read more)