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Review of the Paramount Audio podcast via Audible Originals (April 2021)
Billie was a Black Woman is a limited series podcast produced as a adjunct to the film The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Feb. 2021) dir. Lee Daniels. It does not provide a great deal of biographical information about the iconic jazz singer Billie Holiday (1915-1959) but will likely increase your interest in the singer and her music if you are not previously familiar with then.
During the course of the podcast several people related to the film, and others, provide observations about the Holiday's difficult life and career. Overall this is to stress the importance of the role she played in civil rights and the rise in prominence of black artists in the mainstream. Actress Andra Day and director Lee Daniels provide the background on the film. Singer Mariah Carey, supermodel/personality Naomi Campbell, actress/LGBTQ activist Laverne Cox and professor/activist Angela Davis provide expanded context on Holiday's mythic figure and its inspiration to later artists and activists. There is a bit of a cringe element with Carey choosing to plug her own biography several times during her interview.
Perhaps the most surprising element in the podcast is that the film is not inspired by any specific Billie Holiday biography, but rather by the book Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs (2015) by Johann Hari, in which
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The film The United States vs. Billie Holiday premiered in Feburary 2021 and you can see its trailer on YouTube here. ( )