The Search for the Real Lady Day: Documentarian James Erskine Unspools a Stunning Narrative About Billie Holiday

Originally published on November 25, 2020. By Bill Milkowski Feature films about jazz artists frequently get it wrong. Take, for example, Clint Eastwood’s darkly maudlin Charlie Parker biopic, Bird, which played up the womanizer and drug addict at the expense of the alto saxophonist genius within. Documentaries, on the other hand, strive for accuracy above all....

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