Andra Day stars in forthcoming film "The United States vs Billie Holiday" on Hulu 26th February 2021

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  1. pghmusiclover

    pghmusiclover Senior Member Thread Starter

    I'm a big fan of Andra, and started a thread about her that's now locked. Definitely looking forward to this and will even subscribe to Hulu next month -- one of the channels I don't have!



    Incidentally, I'm never sure whether to start a thread for a music biopic in the Music or Visual Arts forums, so I started it here -- mostly because I visit here more than in Visual Arts.
     
  2. pghmusiclover

    pghmusiclover Senior Member Thread Starter

    Here's Andra singing "All Of Me" from the soundtrack of the forthcoming film:

     
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  3. Cool hand luke

    Cool hand luke There you go man, keep as cool as you can

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    I am really looking forward to this. She really nails the nuances of Billie's voice, wow. Thanks for posting!
     
  4. pghmusiclover

    pghmusiclover Senior Member Thread Starter

    Here's a version of "Strange Fruit" that Andra recorded in 2017, so this will be different than the soundtrack version:

     
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    pghmusiclover Senior Member Thread Starter

    I first discovered Andra on the Nina Simone tribute, "NINA REVISITED... A Tribute To Nina Simone" from 2015. Strangely, Andra's song was only included on the Google play deluxe version of the album.

     
  6. thnkgreen

    thnkgreen Sprezzatura!

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    Did you like the film? Was it accurate? I am a fan of Ms. Holiday, but Hollywood depictions of her, not so much.
     
  7. pghmusiclover

    pghmusiclover Senior Member Thread Starter

    Sorry I mistakenly put the wrong year in the thread title -- the movie is being released next month (02/26/2021). I've asked a Gort to fix the date in the title!
     
  8. Cool hand luke

    Cool hand luke There you go man, keep as cool as you can

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    Right. The trailer depicts her being arrested onstage...pretty sure that never happened? It still looks promising though.
     
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    Here's a video performance of a "Strange Fruit/Tigress & Tweed Medley" from Jimmy Fallon:

     
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  18. Paul Dray

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    They’re starting to show a piece on this on sky news here in the UK today. Showing clips of the film and interview with the actress.
    As a big fan of BH I’m intrigued but I’m just concerned of what looks like a healthy dollop of Hollywood fantasy and manipulation.
    She certainly sounds the part. Not sure that’s going to be enough for me though as I struggle with accepting too much meddling with the reality in films about real people.
     
  19. Joshua Tree

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    Andra Day was great, the movie not so much. Full of plot holes and a TV movie script.
     
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  20. Paul Dray

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    That does appear to be the general consensus unfortunately.
    Someone wrote that it felt like a forced experience. Which is what I feared :sigh:
     
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  24. thnkgreen

    thnkgreen Sprezzatura!

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  25. pghmusiclover

    pghmusiclover Senior Member Thread Starter

    Happy to find out just now the soundtrack won a Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media!!
     
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