Lady Sings the Blues

Lady Sings the Blues

Movie 6.9 · 1972 · 2h 24m · Drama, Music, Biography
Trailer
Parental rating R
Audience

adult

Tags

20th century, addiction, black woman, blues music, brothel, drug overdose, dying young, heroin addict, lynching, mental breakdown, music history, nightclub singer, racism, rape victim, tour bus, usa, year 1972, 1970s, based on memoir or autobiography, music tour, biography, cautionary, disheartening, new york city, 1940s, period drama, desperate, woman's story, powerful, 1930s, withdrawal, jazz singer or musician, rise to fame, somber, harlem, new york city, following one's dream, carnegie hall, black singer, period film, woman musician, billie holiday, death of a musician, kkk rally, straight jacket, wayward girl

Country of origin

United States

How it's rated

3.4 /5 (6.8/10)
Letterboxd
3,585 votes
7.0 /10
IMDb IMDb
5,292 votes
73 %
Rotten Tomatoes
62 votes

Mean rating 6.9/10·Aggregated from 8.9k voters across the web.

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