Cassandra Wilson
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Biography: Cassandra Wilson is an American jazz singer, songwriter, musician, actress and producer. A vocalist blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack who has expanded the playing field by incorporating blues, country, and folk music into her work.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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Billie Holiday: A Sensation
Overview: A documentary about the legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday (1915-1959). There exist many myths and legends about the Jazz Singer Billie Holiday — one of the greatest voices of the last century. Most of them tell the story of the tragic victim of drugs, alcohol, men, color, or the circumstances of her upbringing. To some extent she contributed herself to these legends, especially in her autobiography "Lady Sings the Blues". In recent years, more and more records and reports have shown a different picture of her. These statements of confidants, colleagues and friends clean up with many of the legends and show a strong personality who has been anything but a pitiable victim. Billie Holiday was a strong-willed and determined person and a very complex personality who did not correspond to the classic victim type.
Genres: Documentary Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-07
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Junior
Overview: A research scientist becomes the world's first pregnant man in order to test a drug he and a colleague have designed for expectant women. To carry out the trial, he has an embryo implant, believing that he will only carry the baby for three months – hardly expecting to face the prospect of giving birth.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-22
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Strange Fruit
Overview: In 1937, after seeing a photo depicting the lynching of a black man in the south, Bronx-born high school teacher Abel Meeropol wrote a poem entitled "Strange Fruit" that begins with the words: "Southern trees bear a strange fruit / Blood on the leaves and blood at the root." He set the poem to music and a few years later convinced Billy holiday to record it in a legendary heartbreaking performance. Intertwining jazz genealogy, biography, performance footage, and the history of lynching, director Joel Katz fashions a fascinating discovery of the lost story behind a true American classic. Written by Excerpted from Coolidge Corner Theatre Program Update
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-20
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Cassandra Wilson In Concert Soft Winds
Overview: Cassandra Wilson is recognized as an unequaled vocalist, a jazz singer for a new generation. Her distinctive style and daring aesthetic have earned her wide recognition, including chart-topping albums, a Grammy and countless media accolades. In this Live recording she inspires with her trademark mix of first-rate originals and adventurous covers of other songwriters' works, this time picking material by Bob Dylan, Tom Jobim and The Monkees.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-17
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Cassandra Wilson celebrates Billie Holiday
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Original Language: en
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The Score
Overview: An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-07-13
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David Sanborn & Friends - The Super Session II
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Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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An All-Star Tribute to Joni Mitchell
Overview: Joni attended as various musicians paid tribute to her and her music. Among the performers were Cyndi Lauper, James Taylor, Cassandra Wilson, Richard Thompson, Shawn Colvin and Elton John. Joni also performed accompanied by a full orchestra.
Genres: Music Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-16
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The Soul of a Man
Overview: In "The Soul of A Man," director Wim Wenders looks at the dramatic tension in the blues between the sacred and the profane by exploring the music and lives of three of his favorite blues artists: Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J. B. Lenoir. Part history, part personal pilgrimage, the film tells the story of these lives in music through an extended fictional film sequence (recreations of '20s and '30s events - shot in silent-film, hand-crank style), rare archival footage, present-day documentary scenes and covers of their songs by contemporary musicians such as Shemekia Copeland, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Garland Jeffreys, Chris Thomas King, Cassandra Wilson, Nick Cave, Los Lobos, Eagle Eye Cherry, Vernon Reid, James "Blood" Ulmer, Lou Reed, Bonnie Raitt, Marc Ribot, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Lucinda Williams and T-Bone Burnett.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-16
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Traveling Miles
Overview: Concert documentary of American jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson's tribute to the music of Miles Davis.
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Original Language: en
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Jazz Seen
Overview: "Jazz Seen" is an exploration of the life of William Claxton, whose photographs turned the world of jazz on its keen and perceptive ear. Various jazz artists, photographers, and actors recount memories they had with Claxton and explore his work, while parts of his life are re-enacted by actors.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-06
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Robbie Robertson: A Retrospective - From the Band to the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame
Overview: Released in 1994, this documentary tells the story of the life of Robbie Robertson, a central figure in the band that established an era of American rock music, through various images and interviews. The film covers Robbie's encounter with Southern music, the origin of his music, his time with the Hawks, his collaboration with Bob Dylan, and his performance at the legendary Woodstock. The Last Waltz, from the breakup to becoming a solo artist, and working with director Martin Scorsese. Robbie himself talks about his career as a solo artist and his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Also featured are 'Lost Performance' film segments from the Band's appearance at Woodstock, as well as unreleased clips of Robbie and the Band backing up Bob Dylan on the infamous 'Eat the Document' tour.
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