Lee Daniels hopes his new Billie Holiday film makes lynching a hate crime
nypost.comAndra Day as Billie Holiday, who has already been nominated for two Golden Globes for the performance. The harrowing tale of Holiday’s traumatic childhood and tumultuous life in the spotlight has been famously recounted in the 1972 classic “Lady Sings the Blues,” starring Diana Ross, and on Broadway in the musical “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,” led by Audra McDonald in 2014.
But in his tribute to the legendary songstress, Daniels chose to focus less on Holiday’s troubled past, and more on her ill-fated relationship with federal agent Jimmy Fletcher.Photo Credit: Takashi SeidaPhoto Credit: Takashi SeidaHuluPhoto Credit: Takashi SeidaHuluView Slideshow“It’s not a biopic,” Daniels said. “It’s really an espionage love story.” The affair.
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