1 00:00:38,958 --> 00:00:46,083 In 1937 a bill to finally ban the lynching of African-Americans 2 00:00:46,292 --> 00:00:53,042 was considered by the senate. 3 00:00:59,958 --> 00:01:08,542 It did not pass. 4 00:01:14,083 --> 00:01:19,250 Billie Holiday rose to fame in part due to the song strange fruit, 5 00:01:19,458 --> 00:01:24,167 a lyrical, horrifying description of a lynching. 6 00:01:49,708 --> 00:01:54,000 Well, I guess it is about kick‐off time. 7 00:01:56,208 --> 00:02:01,041 I'm gonna put this on top of here 8 00:02:01,041 --> 00:02:05,225 so we can get both of us. New York City May 3, 1957 9 00:02:07,583 --> 00:02:12,416 My next guest has appeared on Broadway. 10 00:02:13,083 --> 00:02:15,208 Sold out Carnegie Hall. 11 00:02:15,208 --> 00:02:18,208 She's played in movies out in Hollywood 12 00:02:18,208 --> 00:02:21,291 with the likes of Louis Armstrong. 13 00:02:21,291 --> 00:02:24,791 I am Reginald Lord Divine 14 00:02:24,791 --> 00:02:26,833 and my God... 15 00:02:26,833 --> 00:02:29,084 My God. 16 00:02:29,084 --> 00:02:33,167 I cannot believe that we have the opportunity 17 00:02:33,167 --> 00:02:37,126 as I live and breathe to interview the Lady, 18 00:02:37,126 --> 00:02:41,626 the legend, my hero, Miss Billie Holiday. 19 00:02:42,126 --> 00:02:45,959 The Lady Day. Which do you prefer, honey? 20 00:02:46,542 --> 00:02:48,959 She'd prefer you pay her money first. 21 00:02:56,959 --> 00:02:58,917 Tell me. Tell me. 22 00:03:00,126 --> 00:03:03,209 What's it like to be a colored woman? 23 00:03:08,167 --> 00:03:11,126 Would you ask Doris Day a question like that? 24 00:03:11,126 --> 00:03:13,793 Well, Doris Day is not colored, silly. 25 00:03:14,418 --> 00:03:15,627 Jesus. 26 00:03:18,460 --> 00:03:21,377 I want to talk Strange Fruit. 27 00:03:21,918 --> 00:03:24,002 Yes, Strange Fruit. 28 00:03:25,293 --> 00:03:27,377 My audience wants to know. 29 00:03:27,377 --> 00:03:29,335 You keep getting in trouble for it, 30 00:03:29,335 --> 00:03:32,710 but you are determined to keep singing it. Troublemaker! 31 00:03:33,835 --> 00:03:35,460 You ever seen a lynching? 32 00:03:41,252 --> 00:03:43,168 It's about human rights. 33 00:03:44,752 --> 00:03:47,043 Government forgets that sometimes. 34 00:03:50,085 --> 00:03:52,668 They just want me to shut up and sing All of Me. 35 00:03:54,169 --> 00:03:57,128 Ten years earlier Let's start where it all began. 36 00:03:57,128 --> 00:04:00,086 At the Cafe Society. 37 00:04:01,253 --> 00:04:03,544 Honey, I loved that place. 38 00:04:03,544 --> 00:04:06,836 ♪ Can't you see? ♪ 39 00:04:06,836 --> 00:04:10,419 ♪ I'm no good without you ♪ 40 00:04:10,419 --> 00:04:14,628 I remember seeing Lena Horne tipping in with... Who was it? 41 00:04:14,628 --> 00:04:18,503 That drunk. Tallulah Bankhead. 42 00:04:18,503 --> 00:04:22,503 ♪ I want to lose them ♪ 43 00:04:22,503 --> 00:04:25,544 That's the first time I saw you sing, honey. 44 00:04:26,128 --> 00:04:30,128 - Mesmerizing. And everybody was there. - ♪ I never use them ♪ 45 00:04:30,128 --> 00:04:33,544 The wrong kind of place for the right kind of people. 46 00:04:34,711 --> 00:04:36,587 Like Jimmy Fletcher. 47 00:04:36,587 --> 00:04:40,379 Leave him alone. He didn't know what he was walking into. 48 00:04:40,379 --> 00:04:43,795 Yes, he did. Soldier boy. 49 00:04:44,087 --> 00:04:49,629 ♪ How can I go on, dear ♪ 50 00:04:49,629 --> 00:04:52,254 ♪ Without you? ♪ 51 00:04:52,254 --> 00:04:54,045 You were there with that famous manager back then. 52 00:04:54,045 --> 00:04:55,295 What was his name? 53 00:04:55,295 --> 00:04:56,295 Crook. 54 00:04:57,795 --> 00:05:00,462 Yeah, that's right. Crooked‐ass Joe Glaser. 55 00:05:00,462 --> 00:05:03,045 He was there with my husband Monroe. 56 00:05:04,254 --> 00:05:07,337 ♪ So why not ♪ 57 00:05:07,337 --> 00:05:10,754 ♪ Take all of me? ♪ 58 00:05:11,795 --> 00:05:13,879 - Have a good evening, sir. - You as well. 59 00:05:15,337 --> 00:05:18,170 ♪ Your goodbye ♪ 60 00:05:18,963 --> 00:05:24,338 ♪ Left me with eyes that cry ♪ 61 00:05:25,171 --> 00:05:28,505 ♪ How can I ♪ 62 00:05:28,505 --> 00:05:33,713 ♪ Go on, dear, without you? ♪ 63 00:05:35,171 --> 00:05:39,838 ♪ You took the best ♪ 64 00:05:39,838 --> 00:05:45,255 ♪ So why not take the rest? ♪ 65 00:05:45,463 --> 00:05:47,880 ♪ Baby ♪ 66 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:52,463 ♪ Take all of me ♪ 67 00:06:02,297 --> 00:06:04,006 Okay, give me a lighter. 68 00:06:04,006 --> 00:06:06,964 Orson Welles is outside, he needs to see you again. 69 00:06:09,797 --> 00:06:12,381 Tell him tomorrow. Monroe's out of town. 70 00:06:14,672 --> 00:06:17,422 You got some fans in from Baltimore that want to see you. 71 00:06:19,047 --> 00:06:23,006 - Lucio, you dig the show? - Yeah. 72 00:06:23,006 --> 00:06:25,047 - And who are you? - Jimmy Fletcher. 73 00:06:25,881 --> 00:06:29,381 - She don't know you. Move. Come on, y'all. 74 00:06:29,381 --> 00:06:32,547 - Thank you. - Come on, y'all, meet Lady Day. 75 00:06:32,547 --> 00:06:35,047 - Hey, how y'all doing? Thanks for coming. 76 00:06:35,047 --> 00:06:37,881 - Hello, Miss Holiday. - No. Please call me Billie. 77 00:06:37,881 --> 00:06:40,547 - We love you. - Y'all are sweet. 78 00:06:41,422 --> 00:06:43,672 So y'all came all the way from Baltimore to come see me? 79 00:06:43,672 --> 00:06:45,590 - Yes, ma'am. - Yes, ma'am. 80 00:06:45,590 --> 00:06:48,215 And you're gonna take me to a fancy dinner, too. 81 00:06:48,632 --> 00:06:50,757 Gee‐whiz! I'm from Baltimore, too. 82 00:06:50,757 --> 00:06:53,257 Come here. Have some champagne. Prez, give 'em something to drink. 83 00:06:53,257 --> 00:06:56,298 You just make sure he take you to Jimmie's Chicken Shack up in Harlem. 84 00:06:56,298 --> 00:06:58,173 - God, yeah. - That's good eatin'. 85 00:06:58,173 --> 00:06:59,507 Here. Let me see that. 86 00:07:01,632 --> 00:07:03,132 Where in Baltimore are y'all from? 87 00:07:03,798 --> 00:07:07,298 - Near Columbus Park? - Okay, yeah, she's from east. 88 00:07:07,298 --> 00:07:09,548 Yeah. Fells Point. 89 00:07:09,548 --> 00:07:10,798 - Thank you. - Thank you, Miss Holiday. 90 00:07:14,673 --> 00:07:16,507 No, nigga. 91 00:07:18,132 --> 00:07:20,798 - I'm sorry, Mom. I was on a job interview. 92 00:07:22,298 --> 00:07:25,257 What job interview's, at 10:30... 93 00:07:25,257 --> 00:07:27,716 Don't... stop. Stop. 94 00:07:28,591 --> 00:07:31,799 What job interviews are at 10:30 on a Sunday night? 95 00:07:32,799 --> 00:07:37,133 James, your lies are unbecoming, and I'm getting tired of it. 96 00:07:37,924 --> 00:07:40,633 Living off your father's hard‐earned trust. 97 00:07:40,633 --> 00:07:42,633 And you know I hate when you're late. - Yes. 98 00:07:42,633 --> 00:07:45,841 Sunday dinner's all we have together now that you've moved out. 99 00:07:45,841 --> 00:07:49,133 Yes. Yes, Mother, I was downtown interviewing for this writing position 100 00:07:49,133 --> 00:07:50,216 with The Sun news. 101 00:07:50,216 --> 00:07:51,674 I had to go to the editor's home. 102 00:07:52,341 --> 00:07:53,508 I got the job. 103 00:07:57,883 --> 00:08:00,341 Your father would turn in his grave 104 00:08:00,341 --> 00:08:02,424 with all that he accomplished. - Mom. Mom, please. 105 00:08:02,883 --> 00:08:06,258 You're not fooling nobody walking around in that uniform. 106 00:08:07,508 --> 00:08:11,134 Just because I don't hang in the gutter with your friends 107 00:08:11,134 --> 00:08:14,134 doesn't mean I don't know what's going on. 108 00:08:14,634 --> 00:08:17,050 You're hanging out with those jazz musicians 109 00:08:17,050 --> 00:08:19,134 in them clubs and God... 110 00:08:19,134 --> 00:08:21,384 God knows what else. Take this out of here. 111 00:08:24,967 --> 00:08:28,217 I do like the jazz clubs, Mom. 112 00:08:28,217 --> 00:08:29,675 I even met Billie Holiday. 113 00:08:30,759 --> 00:08:32,592 - Really? - Yes, really. 114 00:08:33,759 --> 00:08:37,050 You should be congratulating me on my new job that I start tomorrow. 115 00:08:37,050 --> 00:08:38,717 Finally getting out of this uniform. 116 00:08:39,009 --> 00:08:42,925 My! Billie Holiday! 117 00:08:42,925 --> 00:08:44,884 I hear that she is quite the lady. 118 00:08:45,759 --> 00:08:48,134 - I don't know, Mom. I hear just the opposite. 119 00:08:48,134 --> 00:08:50,175 Those are just rumors. 120 00:08:50,175 --> 00:08:52,593 Anytime somebody colored is doing something right, 121 00:08:52,593 --> 00:08:54,135 they paint us out wrong. 122 00:08:56,635 --> 00:09:00,385 - Good morning, Miss Holiday. - Milk. No, that's for the baby. 123 00:09:01,968 --> 00:09:04,218 Mommy didn't forget about you. 124 00:09:06,676 --> 00:09:08,218 It's like a damn kennel in here. 125 00:09:08,218 --> 00:09:11,593 Vogue magazine want to interview me about your gowns and such. 126 00:09:11,593 --> 00:09:13,551 You ain't giving no interview to no magazine. 127 00:09:13,551 --> 00:09:15,593 Somebody wants to hear about her they can come talk to me. 128 00:09:15,593 --> 00:09:17,426 They sent these over. 129 00:09:18,593 --> 00:09:21,343 - I'll take them both. - It'll cost me an arm and a leg. 130 00:09:21,343 --> 00:09:22,551 Shut the fuck up, Monroe. 131 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,176 Send the dressmaker one of my husband's arms, please. 132 00:09:28,010 --> 00:09:29,885 Ooh, where'd he come from? 133 00:09:33,593 --> 00:09:37,011 Yeah. Joe, nah, he not clicking. 134 00:09:37,886 --> 00:09:40,427 Hey, man. Thanks for coming in. 135 00:09:41,011 --> 00:09:43,052 - Sorry, ma'am. - Thank you. 136 00:09:43,052 --> 00:09:45,011 - Good riddance. - Ros. 137 00:09:45,011 --> 00:09:46,594 - He was horrible. - Take a look. 138 00:09:49,386 --> 00:09:50,802 Yeah, looks good. 139 00:09:50,802 --> 00:09:53,094 They should be running half‐page ads, at least. 140 00:09:53,094 --> 00:09:55,386 You should be getting a bigger cut of the door, too. 141 00:09:55,886 --> 00:09:57,927 You're practically topping the DownBeat poll. 142 00:09:57,927 --> 00:10:00,761 Eleanor Roosevelt has to pull strings to get in here. 143 00:10:00,761 --> 00:10:02,219 He has a point. 144 00:10:02,219 --> 00:10:04,094 Yeah, you do kind of got a point. 145 00:10:05,177 --> 00:10:06,219 Glaser. 146 00:10:08,177 --> 00:10:09,386 I'm working on it. 147 00:10:10,677 --> 00:10:13,844 When she started here, she was a nobody, and now she's a star. 148 00:10:13,844 --> 00:10:15,719 I'm working on it, okay? 149 00:10:15,719 --> 00:10:17,720 - Joe's working on it, honey. - Give me that. 150 00:10:23,470 --> 00:10:25,803 See, look. Told you. 151 00:10:36,553 --> 00:10:38,803 Your friend Anslinger's in the paper again. 152 00:10:38,803 --> 00:10:41,053 - He ain't no friend of mine. - Sure he is. 153 00:10:42,345 --> 00:10:44,012 Glaser's friend, too, right? 154 00:10:45,137 --> 00:10:46,720 I cut Strange Fruit. 155 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,053 - No, Joe. I want to sing the damn song, all right? 156 00:10:50,053 --> 00:10:51,928 The club advertises it. 157 00:10:51,928 --> 00:10:54,303 People pay good money to come here and hear me sing it. 158 00:10:54,303 --> 00:10:55,720 I've told you a hundred times, 159 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:57,970 people in high places don't want you singing that song. 160 00:10:59,053 --> 00:11:01,263 And I've asked you over a hundred times... 161 00:11:01,804 --> 00:11:03,513 "What people, Joe?" 162 00:11:05,388 --> 00:11:07,096 What you looking at him for? 163 00:11:07,096 --> 00:11:08,846 Shit, I'm the one who pays you. 164 00:11:09,388 --> 00:11:10,638 The government. 165 00:11:13,679 --> 00:11:15,179 Yeah, the government. 166 00:11:16,263 --> 00:11:17,888 People like your buddy Anslinger, right? 167 00:11:17,888 --> 00:11:18,929 Quit it with that? 168 00:11:19,513 --> 00:11:21,263 The song means a lot to me, Joe. 169 00:11:21,263 --> 00:11:23,304 Meeropol wrote it and he's a fucking commie. 170 00:11:23,304 --> 00:11:25,596 Come on. I don't care, all right? 171 00:11:25,971 --> 00:11:27,096 It's important to me. 172 00:11:27,096 --> 00:11:28,554 You ain't singing that song. 173 00:11:28,554 --> 00:11:30,138 I'll sing what the fuck I want. 174 00:11:31,096 --> 00:11:33,471 Look, if Lady wants to sing the song, then we should sing the song. 175 00:11:33,471 --> 00:11:35,763 Gives a face to them little boys being lynched. 176 00:11:35,763 --> 00:11:37,138 Mind your business, Freddy. 177 00:11:37,888 --> 00:11:40,263 Look, bitch, we ain't going through this again. 178 00:11:47,180 --> 00:11:49,972 You, if you all ain't Anslinger's friends, 179 00:11:49,972 --> 00:11:51,847 then how come you be sitting with him every night? 180 00:11:51,847 --> 00:11:53,722 What do you expect us to do? 181 00:11:53,722 --> 00:11:56,430 Run from the man? I'm trying to protect your ass. 182 00:11:57,097 --> 00:11:58,222 Don't lie to me, nigga. 183 00:11:59,805 --> 00:12:01,055 I ain't lying. 184 00:12:01,055 --> 00:12:02,222 I'm scratching it. 185 00:12:02,889 --> 00:12:04,222 It's for your own good, okay? 186 00:12:05,680 --> 00:12:06,805 Get up, c'mon. 187 00:12:06,805 --> 00:12:09,347 Get the fuck off me. Come on, let's go. 188 00:12:09,930 --> 00:12:13,055 Fuck the feds and fuck Anslinger. 189 00:12:14,417 --> 00:12:18,792 Agent Harry anslinger Washington, DC - April 3, 1947 190 00:12:23,514 --> 00:12:24,681 Gentlemen. 191 00:12:24,681 --> 00:12:27,598 You have to help me get this budget pushed through Congress tomorrow. 192 00:12:27,598 --> 00:12:29,848 We just increased your budget last year. 193 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:31,973 Thank you, Roy. 194 00:12:31,973 --> 00:12:34,515 McCarthy, I gotta get me a Roy Cohn just like you. 195 00:12:35,181 --> 00:12:36,806 Why is this so important to you, Harry? 196 00:12:36,806 --> 00:12:40,473 Drugs and niggers are a contamination to our great American civilization. 197 00:12:40,931 --> 00:12:43,806 Well, that's why we helped you in the first place. 198 00:12:43,806 --> 00:12:46,765 - John, listen to me. This jazz music is the devil's work. 199 00:12:47,056 --> 00:12:49,890 That's why this Holiday woman's got to be stopped. 200 00:12:49,890 --> 00:12:52,015 She keeps singing this Strange Fruit song 201 00:12:52,015 --> 00:12:54,348 and it's causing a lot of people to think the wrong things. 202 00:12:55,223 --> 00:12:58,140 We've warned her to stop singing that, but she won't. 203 00:12:58,140 --> 00:13:04,098 We've got her husband in the bag, though she won't stop singing the song. 204 00:13:04,098 --> 00:13:06,265 People are calling the song a musical starting gun 205 00:13:06,265 --> 00:13:08,182 for the so‐called civil rights movement. 206 00:13:08,682 --> 00:13:10,474 Well, let me ask you a question. 207 00:13:11,391 --> 00:13:12,516 You all got a plan? 208 00:13:13,182 --> 00:13:16,016 We can't just arrest a nigger for singing a song. 209 00:13:17,224 --> 00:13:18,849 She's inciting a riot. 210 00:13:18,849 --> 00:13:20,224 That's a misdemeanor at best. 211 00:13:21,599 --> 00:13:23,016 She's a drug addict, though. 212 00:13:24,724 --> 00:13:25,724 Exactly. 213 00:13:27,266 --> 00:13:29,182 You go after that bitch on the drugs. 214 00:13:44,724 --> 00:13:46,557 Joe Guy! 215 00:13:49,141 --> 00:13:51,475 I came down here for you to save my ass. 216 00:13:52,017 --> 00:13:53,642 You don't need me to do that. 217 00:13:55,058 --> 00:13:56,475 Shit, Lady... 218 00:13:58,517 --> 00:14:00,433 You do that all by yourself. 219 00:15:04,393 --> 00:15:05,851 It's for your own good, okay. 220 00:15:05,851 --> 00:15:07,018 I'm scratching it. 221 00:15:07,393 --> 00:15:08,684 Thank you. 222 00:15:10,393 --> 00:15:11,726 Can you all hear me out there? 223 00:15:11,726 --> 00:15:13,184 Yes! 224 00:15:13,184 --> 00:15:15,144 Good. 'Cause I sure can hear you. 225 00:15:16,935 --> 00:15:18,810 Say hi to Louis Armstrong everybody. 226 00:15:22,852 --> 00:15:26,477 We're recording a V‐Disc tonight for all our men and women in the service, 227 00:15:26,477 --> 00:15:28,477 and that makes tonight all the more special. 228 00:15:28,477 --> 00:15:30,269 You all are fighting a real fight out there 229 00:15:30,269 --> 00:15:31,394 and we love you for it. 230 00:15:39,727 --> 00:15:41,310 I feel lonely, Louis. 231 00:15:42,477 --> 00:15:43,894 Let's say we try Solitude. 232 00:15:44,394 --> 00:15:45,769 Anything for you, Lady. 233 00:15:46,977 --> 00:15:51,227 ♪ In my solitude ♪ 234 00:15:52,602 --> 00:15:58,395 ♪ You haunt me ♪ 235 00:16:00,978 --> 00:16:04,770 ♪ With reveries ♪ 236 00:16:05,645 --> 00:16:09,686 ♪ Of days gone by ♪ 237 00:16:13,145 --> 00:16:16,228 ♪ In my solitude ♪ 238 00:16:18,728 --> 00:16:23,811 ♪ You taunt me ♪ 239 00:16:26,895 --> 00:16:30,228 ♪ With memories ♪ 240 00:16:30,936 --> 00:16:34,645 ♪ That never die ♪ 241 00:16:39,729 --> 00:16:42,521 ♪ I sit in my chair ♪ 242 00:16:43,104 --> 00:16:45,521 ♪ Filled with despair ♪ 243 00:16:46,937 --> 00:16:51,437 ♪ There's no one could be so sad ♪ 244 00:16:52,937 --> 00:16:55,479 ♪ With gloom everywhere ♪ 245 00:16:56,271 --> 00:16:59,354 ♪ I sit and I stare ♪ 246 00:16:59,979 --> 00:17:04,396 ♪ I know that I'll soon go mad ♪ 247 00:17:05,271 --> 00:17:09,354 ♪ In my solitude ♪ 248 00:17:10,812 --> 00:17:15,687 ♪ I'm praying ♪ 249 00:17:17,812 --> 00:17:21,479 ♪ Dear Lord above ♪ 250 00:17:22,855 --> 00:17:24,647 ♪ Send me back ♪ 251 00:17:24,647 --> 00:17:30,522 ♪ My love ♪ 252 00:17:50,230 --> 00:17:51,313 Hi. 253 00:17:52,063 --> 00:17:53,605 Is Miss Holiday here? 254 00:17:53,605 --> 00:17:55,855 You finally struck up the nerve to come see her. 255 00:17:56,313 --> 00:17:57,397 Who is that? 256 00:17:57,855 --> 00:17:59,397 It's the little writer nigga here to see you. 257 00:17:59,397 --> 00:18:01,480 Freddy! Who is it? 258 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:03,480 Little pretty motherfucker that be writing all the time. 259 00:18:03,480 --> 00:18:05,314 Yeah. Let him back. 260 00:18:08,731 --> 00:18:10,939 You can give me them flowers, she don't need 'em. 261 00:18:12,814 --> 00:18:14,106 What, you scared? 262 00:18:16,189 --> 00:18:18,356 You better not be one of 'em gossip folk either. 263 00:18:22,523 --> 00:18:24,106 - Lady, I'll be back. - Yeah. 264 00:18:28,689 --> 00:18:31,606 No uniform tonight, soldier boy. 265 00:18:33,231 --> 00:18:34,606 You're here all the time. 266 00:18:35,981 --> 00:18:38,648 Jimmy Fletcher. 267 00:18:40,148 --> 00:18:41,606 Great show last night. 268 00:18:42,648 --> 00:18:43,689 Yeah... 269 00:18:45,981 --> 00:18:47,232 Now it's quiet. 270 00:18:49,732 --> 00:18:51,107 I don't like the quiet. 271 00:18:54,357 --> 00:18:55,399 So noisy, you know. 272 00:18:58,357 --> 00:19:00,065 I've been practicing this new thing. 273 00:19:02,149 --> 00:19:04,607 What you think? - I like it. 274 00:19:04,607 --> 00:19:06,190 - It's nice, right? - Yeah. 275 00:19:07,107 --> 00:19:09,149 - You don't got a girl? - Nope. 276 00:19:11,857 --> 00:19:15,315 I've served my time for the country, now, starting a new job. 277 00:19:20,232 --> 00:19:21,982 Your boyfriend give you that stuff? 278 00:19:23,899 --> 00:19:25,274 Why, you want some? 279 00:19:25,815 --> 00:19:26,815 No, thanks. 280 00:19:28,065 --> 00:19:29,816 It takes the edge off, you know. 281 00:19:29,816 --> 00:19:31,441 Two, three... 282 00:19:31,441 --> 00:19:32,608 Pour yourself a drink. 283 00:19:32,608 --> 00:19:34,108 three. 284 00:19:34,108 --> 00:19:35,108 Sure. 285 00:19:35,566 --> 00:19:37,400 One, two, three. 286 00:19:37,816 --> 00:19:39,775 One, two, three. 287 00:19:42,066 --> 00:19:44,025 Why don't you ever sing Strange Fruit? 288 00:19:44,691 --> 00:19:46,358 Strange Fruit. 289 00:19:49,066 --> 00:19:51,233 I got to be pretty high to sing that one. 290 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:54,941 Never heard you sing it. 291 00:20:01,233 --> 00:20:03,691 It's a song about important things, you know. 292 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,441 Things that are going on in the country. 293 00:20:08,150 --> 00:20:10,441 I don't think people know I care about those things. 294 00:20:11,650 --> 00:20:13,609 Most of my other songs are just about love. 295 00:20:15,109 --> 00:20:17,234 Well, love is important, too, right? 296 00:20:19,817 --> 00:20:24,651 You know, one day, I'm gonna quit the drinking. 297 00:20:25,317 --> 00:20:27,234 And get off that stuff, too. 298 00:20:28,692 --> 00:20:30,359 Maybe go to one of those hospitals, you know, 299 00:20:30,359 --> 00:20:32,776 like Judy Garland, those movie stars. 300 00:20:35,276 --> 00:20:37,651 You know how to do the waltz? That shit is so pretty. 301 00:20:37,651 --> 00:20:38,651 Yes. 302 00:20:39,651 --> 00:20:40,859 You do? 303 00:20:42,067 --> 00:20:43,734 You would look good in a tuxedo. 304 00:20:44,151 --> 00:20:45,401 You are funny. 305 00:20:47,192 --> 00:20:48,401 Yeah. 306 00:20:53,567 --> 00:20:55,110 'Cause I know what you want. 307 00:21:13,693 --> 00:21:15,985 Which one of my songs is your favorite song? 308 00:21:16,610 --> 00:21:17,652 All of Me. 309 00:21:18,943 --> 00:21:20,943 ♪ All of me ♪ 310 00:21:21,860 --> 00:21:26,152 ♪ Why not take all of me ♪ 311 00:21:27,318 --> 00:21:28,402 Yeah. 312 00:21:28,860 --> 00:21:31,110 All right, well, that'll be our song then. 313 00:21:33,235 --> 00:21:35,985 - So you really know how to do the waltz? - Yes. 314 00:21:53,861 --> 00:21:56,569 That's good. Come on. 315 00:21:56,569 --> 00:21:59,111 - Come now. Come on. Come on. - There you go. 316 00:22:01,028 --> 00:22:02,111 That's good. 317 00:22:03,028 --> 00:22:04,486 - I know. - Right. 318 00:22:16,569 --> 00:22:17,944 I'm sorry for your loss. 319 00:22:19,194 --> 00:22:21,654 - Of course. I lost my father when I was young. 320 00:22:21,654 --> 00:22:22,945 My Lord... 321 00:22:27,529 --> 00:22:29,654 Chiquita sat on my lap every day. 322 00:22:29,654 --> 00:22:32,404 It was her dog. 323 00:22:33,237 --> 00:22:35,445 Her dog died. 324 00:22:37,445 --> 00:22:40,695 It was the little one, not the big one. 325 00:22:41,779 --> 00:22:43,612 Mister's all right. Yeah? 326 00:22:43,612 --> 00:22:44,904 Mister's fine, right? 327 00:22:45,570 --> 00:22:47,195 Billie, I told you, 328 00:22:47,195 --> 00:22:50,112 you can't let Chiquita eat off your plate. 329 00:22:50,570 --> 00:22:53,029 That's why she choked. - Ros. 330 00:22:58,695 --> 00:23:00,945 Someone tells me 331 00:23:00,945 --> 00:23:03,571 you are very tight 332 00:23:03,571 --> 00:23:06,113 with Tallulah Bankhead. 333 00:23:06,446 --> 00:23:07,738 You know what I mean? 334 00:23:08,821 --> 00:23:11,405 Now wait. What Tallulah Bankhead got to do with this? 335 00:23:11,405 --> 00:23:14,280 You said this interview was a retrospective on her career. 336 00:23:15,488 --> 00:23:16,488 Cut the tape. 337 00:23:17,738 --> 00:23:18,821 Cut the tape. 338 00:23:20,488 --> 00:23:23,905 Little bitch, you got one more time to ask one more smartass question. 339 00:23:32,655 --> 00:23:34,905 - Nobody saw us come in here, right? - No. 340 00:23:36,405 --> 00:23:38,946 Vogue magazine wants to talk to me about you. 341 00:23:39,488 --> 00:23:41,613 Should I do it? - Go ahead. 342 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:44,947 Just take me to your room. 343 00:23:48,447 --> 00:23:50,364 - James. - Ma'am. 344 00:23:51,906 --> 00:23:53,656 You know I can't allow her on here. 345 00:23:55,656 --> 00:23:57,572 James, don't you know who this is? 346 00:23:57,572 --> 00:23:59,739 I do know who she is, Miss Bankhead. 347 00:23:59,739 --> 00:24:01,239 Also know I want to keep my job. 348 00:24:03,531 --> 00:24:06,864 Miss Holiday, only Negro allowed on this elevator's me. 349 00:24:08,447 --> 00:24:09,906 What? So Negroes can't, 350 00:24:11,114 --> 00:24:14,156 but a bunch of goddamn bull daggers can. 351 00:24:16,697 --> 00:24:18,489 Miss Holiday, you got to take the service elevator. 352 00:24:18,489 --> 00:24:21,156 I'm not taking a fucking service elevator. 353 00:24:21,906 --> 00:24:22,906 Just move. 354 00:24:23,989 --> 00:24:25,114 Excuse me. 355 00:24:25,656 --> 00:24:26,739 Please. 356 00:24:27,198 --> 00:24:29,157 Now, they're killing us for less down south. 357 00:24:29,490 --> 00:24:30,782 Lynching men and women. 358 00:24:31,532 --> 00:24:33,198 Please don't cause a fuss here. 359 00:24:41,198 --> 00:24:42,448 Get off me. 360 00:24:43,490 --> 00:24:44,907 Just don't touch me. 361 00:24:52,323 --> 00:24:55,032 I'll take the damn service elevator with you. 362 00:25:16,949 --> 00:25:18,283 Damn it. 363 00:25:33,458 --> 00:25:37,708 Earle theatre, Philadelphia May 27, 1947 364 00:26:10,492 --> 00:26:11,492 - Billie! - Billie! 365 00:26:15,575 --> 00:26:17,784 We can't wait to hear you sing, Billie! 366 00:26:18,659 --> 00:26:21,492 - Sing Strange Fruit. - Strange Fruit, Billie. 367 00:26:25,617 --> 00:26:29,159 ♪ Southern trees ♪ 368 00:26:29,159 --> 00:26:30,534 Get her off that stage. 369 00:26:32,659 --> 00:26:36,368 ♪ Bear a strange ♪ 370 00:26:36,368 --> 00:26:39,243 ♪ Fruit ♪ 371 00:26:42,285 --> 00:26:45,535 - We gotta get the hell outta here. - Hey, Prez! Get off me. 372 00:26:45,868 --> 00:26:48,451 - Hey, leave her alone! - What are you doing? 373 00:26:51,326 --> 00:26:53,118 I'm singing this goddamn song! 374 00:26:53,118 --> 00:26:55,076 I'm singing this song! 375 00:27:03,910 --> 00:27:05,201 Hurry your ass up! 376 00:27:15,951 --> 00:27:17,786 You're safe here, baby. 377 00:27:17,786 --> 00:27:21,119 Hey, Joe honey, can you get me some ice cream, please? 378 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:22,536 I don't want any ice cream. 379 00:27:22,536 --> 00:27:24,702 Come on, please, baby, just go to Libby's, 380 00:27:24,702 --> 00:27:25,911 right around the corner. 381 00:27:26,869 --> 00:27:28,661 That sound good. Ice cream sound good. 382 00:27:28,661 --> 00:27:31,494 All right, baby, I'mma get you some ice cream, okay? 383 00:27:31,994 --> 00:27:34,327 - Thank you, honey. - Hold my head up. 384 00:27:37,577 --> 00:27:39,036 What kind of ice cream you want? 385 00:27:39,036 --> 00:27:41,411 Chocolate ice cream, I want chocolate ice cream. 386 00:27:41,411 --> 00:27:43,119 Chocolate ice cream on the way. 387 00:27:44,536 --> 00:27:47,827 You ain't gettin' me no ice cream. You can't get me shit, you. 388 00:27:47,827 --> 00:27:49,369 Where you going? Ice cream that way. 389 00:27:49,369 --> 00:27:51,661 Go somewhere where the ice cream is. 390 00:27:52,911 --> 00:27:54,994 Get up, Joe. 391 00:27:57,244 --> 00:27:58,911 Fine, I'll go get it myself. 392 00:28:07,662 --> 00:28:09,578 Then you gotta put some clothes on. 393 00:28:09,578 --> 00:28:11,245 I got some clothes on. 394 00:28:11,245 --> 00:28:12,912 You don't see this coat on me? 395 00:28:13,370 --> 00:28:14,620 Nigga, that's my coat. 396 00:28:15,703 --> 00:28:16,995 Shut up, stupid. 397 00:28:29,162 --> 00:28:30,370 It's in here somewhere. 398 00:28:30,370 --> 00:28:31,787 Joe, get up, the Feds! 399 00:28:31,787 --> 00:28:33,287 Both of you are under arrest. 400 00:28:33,287 --> 00:28:35,203 No, Holiday. Stop, stop! 401 00:28:36,745 --> 00:28:37,745 Stop! 402 00:28:39,745 --> 00:28:41,495 Get up. 403 00:28:45,454 --> 00:28:47,288 - Give me your hands. - Fuck off of me, man. 404 00:28:47,288 --> 00:28:49,746 You drank with me backstage 405 00:28:49,746 --> 00:28:51,579 pretending to be a soldier. 406 00:28:52,204 --> 00:28:55,288 That's low. - Punch that nigga in his face, Billie. 407 00:28:56,079 --> 00:28:57,996 I almost kissed your ugly ass. 408 00:28:59,704 --> 00:29:03,121 You came to my baby's goddamn funeral, Jimmy. 409 00:29:05,663 --> 00:29:08,329 And all the while you're just some fucking fed! 410 00:29:11,829 --> 00:29:14,579 You probably don't like any of my music, do you? 411 00:29:19,288 --> 00:29:22,163 You're under arrest, Miss Holiday. 412 00:29:24,079 --> 00:29:27,414 And you're a lying Black son‐of‐a‐bitch. 413 00:29:30,747 --> 00:29:34,247 Policewoman will be here shortly to search you for further evidence. 414 00:29:34,247 --> 00:29:35,664 You're gonna search me? 415 00:29:36,164 --> 00:29:37,497 You search me. 416 00:29:38,247 --> 00:29:40,247 That police bitch is only gonna feel me up. 417 00:29:40,247 --> 00:29:42,330 - No, ma'am. - That's what you really been wanting. 418 00:29:47,039 --> 00:29:48,955 Miss Holiday, keep your clothes on, please. 419 00:29:55,205 --> 00:29:56,955 You gonna arrest me... 420 00:30:00,705 --> 00:30:02,872 Agent Fletcher. 421 00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:10,040 - Keep out of the way. - Miss Holiday! 422 00:30:10,581 --> 00:30:11,956 - Give her some room. - Miss Holiday. 423 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:14,456 Billie, why did you... 424 00:30:15,540 --> 00:30:17,081 Talk to him. There. 425 00:30:17,790 --> 00:30:18,956 Move, out of the way. 426 00:30:19,540 --> 00:30:21,165 You should feel ashamed. 427 00:30:23,206 --> 00:30:25,165 You stay in trouble with the law, Miss Holiday. 428 00:30:25,998 --> 00:30:27,665 Don't you want to set an example for your race 429 00:30:27,665 --> 00:30:29,540 like Ella Fitzgerald and Marian Anderson? 430 00:30:32,623 --> 00:30:35,081 You know, the people that are hardest on me are my own race. 431 00:30:35,998 --> 00:30:37,540 I need help. 432 00:30:37,540 --> 00:30:38,665 Not jail time. 433 00:30:44,456 --> 00:30:45,456 Move. 434 00:30:48,915 --> 00:30:50,624 - It's Fletcher, right? - Yes, sir. 435 00:30:50,624 --> 00:30:52,791 Congratulations on your fine work. 436 00:30:53,874 --> 00:30:55,124 Thank you, Mr. Anslinger. 437 00:30:55,124 --> 00:30:59,082 - The United States vs. Billie Holiday. Docket number 14‐243. 438 00:30:59,082 --> 00:31:01,332 The honorable Judge Cullen Ganey presiding. 439 00:31:01,332 --> 00:31:02,332 All rise. 440 00:31:04,041 --> 00:31:06,374 We need to know the whole truth about your addiction. 441 00:31:07,207 --> 00:31:10,041 We want you to help us trace the drug down to the source. 442 00:31:11,874 --> 00:31:15,374 Now the police found heroin in your room at the Attucks Hotel. 443 00:31:15,916 --> 00:31:17,499 Who supplies you? 444 00:31:28,541 --> 00:31:31,374 - Just send me to a hospital. Get this over with. 445 00:31:45,958 --> 00:31:47,333 Miss Holiday... 446 00:31:49,333 --> 00:31:52,667 I hereby sentence you to one year and a day... 447 00:31:52,667 --> 00:31:54,000 To jail? 448 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,292 - You'll be remanded to Alderson Women's Prison. - Joe! Joe! 449 00:31:56,292 --> 00:31:58,167 Wait, wait! Get your hands off me! 450 00:31:58,167 --> 00:32:00,667 Hey, Joe. You told me they'd send me to a hospital. 451 00:32:00,667 --> 00:32:01,958 Y'all set me up! 452 00:32:01,958 --> 00:32:04,750 Y'all folks set me up. Joe, I paid your ass all that money. 453 00:32:04,750 --> 00:32:06,417 Nigga, you go to jail. 454 00:32:06,417 --> 00:32:08,000 I trusted you, Joe. 455 00:32:14,042 --> 00:32:15,793 Stand up, women. 456 00:32:20,959 --> 00:32:23,376 Stand up. You ain't Billie Holiday in here. 457 00:32:24,668 --> 00:32:26,626 - Jimmy. - You did it. 458 00:32:29,543 --> 00:32:31,209 I'm proud of you. 459 00:32:45,918 --> 00:32:49,168 - Hey, Shirley, you got anything? - Yes. Here you go. 460 00:32:59,044 --> 00:33:01,794 They knew they couldn't get no white boys to infiltrate Harlem. 461 00:33:01,794 --> 00:33:04,044 So they had us do it and you're leading it. 462 00:33:05,669 --> 00:33:07,502 Yes, Sam, I guess I am. 463 00:33:09,627 --> 00:33:11,585 You're paving the way for all of us. 464 00:33:12,085 --> 00:33:13,960 Hoover and them white boys better get ready. 465 00:33:14,627 --> 00:33:17,794 Can't nobody do it better than a nigga when he gets the opportunity. 466 00:33:23,085 --> 00:33:26,044 "You should be congratulating me on my new job 467 00:33:26,044 --> 00:33:27,377 that I start tomorrow." 468 00:33:27,919 --> 00:33:31,585 You lied to me, just like you lied to Miss Holiday. 469 00:33:32,627 --> 00:33:36,044 Why wouldn't you tell me that you're working as a federal agent? 470 00:33:36,044 --> 00:33:38,169 They swear you to secrecy, Mom. 471 00:33:38,627 --> 00:33:42,003 - You could do anything with yourself. You don't even have to work. 472 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:44,170 Why that? 473 00:33:46,461 --> 00:33:48,211 I didn't want to be an undertaker. 474 00:33:48,753 --> 00:33:52,711 The mortuary business didn't work out so bad for us, James. 475 00:33:53,461 --> 00:33:57,045 Your father's money left you with opportunities 476 00:33:57,045 --> 00:33:58,961 no ordinary Negroes have. 477 00:33:59,628 --> 00:34:02,003 Drugs are turning Harlem upside down. 478 00:34:02,545 --> 00:34:04,128 I wanted to make a difference. 479 00:34:05,253 --> 00:34:09,003 I am one of the first Black federal agents ever. 480 00:34:10,378 --> 00:34:12,378 They're using you. 481 00:34:13,753 --> 00:34:15,920 It's not just about the drugs. 482 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:17,878 They don't want her singing that song, 483 00:34:17,878 --> 00:34:20,295 but if she don't do it, who will? 484 00:34:20,295 --> 00:34:23,421 Ain't no other Negro star bold enough to do it. 485 00:34:24,046 --> 00:34:26,171 She's singing it for all of us. 486 00:34:26,171 --> 00:34:27,837 That young lady is a hero. 487 00:34:28,379 --> 00:34:32,171 ♪ It gets worse with time ♪ 488 00:34:33,087 --> 00:34:37,879 ♪ It's a long way down from here ♪ 489 00:34:37,879 --> 00:34:41,379 ♪ They normally don't stay with me ♪ 490 00:34:42,129 --> 00:34:46,587 ♪ Once the morning light appears ♪ 491 00:34:46,796 --> 00:34:50,879 ♪ I don't have much to give ♪ 492 00:34:51,087 --> 00:34:53,712 ♪ But here is now ♪ 493 00:34:54,087 --> 00:34:58,712 ♪ And I pray it breaks your fall ♪ 494 00:35:00,254 --> 00:35:03,171 ♪ Breaks your fall ♪ 495 00:35:03,171 --> 00:35:08,005 ♪ I should warn you This will probably hurt like hell ♪ 496 00:35:08,963 --> 00:35:11,463 ♪ I don't do love ♪ 497 00:35:11,463 --> 00:35:14,547 ♪ Or lovers very well ♪ 498 00:35:14,547 --> 00:35:18,963 ♪ I fade like flowers on days like this ♪ 499 00:35:18,963 --> 00:35:21,630 ♪ It's amazing you maybe ♪ 500 00:35:21,630 --> 00:35:24,088 ♪ Past that first kiss ♪ 501 00:35:24,088 --> 00:35:27,297 ♪ I don't have much to bring ♪ 502 00:35:27,297 --> 00:35:29,922 ♪ You've seen it all ♪ 503 00:35:30,463 --> 00:35:35,547 ♪ And I pray it breaks your fall ♪ 504 00:35:36,547 --> 00:35:41,130 ♪ Breaks your fall ♪ 505 00:35:41,672 --> 00:35:45,172 ♪ 'Cause there's no remedy ♪ 506 00:35:45,172 --> 00:35:47,338 ♪ For staying next to me ♪ 507 00:35:47,338 --> 00:35:51,256 ♪ The pain's contagious I warned you so I blame you ♪ 508 00:35:51,256 --> 00:35:53,839 ♪ If you stay, it's your loss ♪ 509 00:35:53,839 --> 00:35:56,964 ♪ Probably say it's my fault and it is ♪ 510 00:35:57,214 --> 00:35:59,923 ♪ But it is what it is ♪ 511 00:36:01,089 --> 00:36:06,714 ♪ It gets worse with time ♪ 512 00:36:06,714 --> 00:36:09,256 And, even the recording dates, 513 00:36:09,256 --> 00:36:13,714 Billie seemed to be so thrilled to make the tape with each other. 514 00:36:14,756 --> 00:36:16,131 I'll probably never even marry again. 515 00:36:16,131 --> 00:36:19,214 I know I'm gonna find my ass right back up in this jail cell. 516 00:36:19,214 --> 00:36:22,256 ♪ Morning light comes near ♪ 517 00:36:22,256 --> 00:36:25,923 ♪ I don't have much to give ♪ 518 00:36:25,923 --> 00:36:29,131 ♪ But here is now ♪ 519 00:36:29,131 --> 00:36:31,674 ♪ And I pray it breaks ♪ 520 00:36:31,674 --> 00:36:35,674 ♪ Your fall ♪ 521 00:36:39,049 --> 00:36:43,049 ♪ Breaks your fall ♪ 522 00:36:45,632 --> 00:36:47,257 Why'd you do it? 523 00:36:49,424 --> 00:36:51,715 My father told me when I was a kid 524 00:36:51,715 --> 00:36:53,840 that drugs would be the death of our people. 525 00:36:55,757 --> 00:36:58,882 For you to be one of them agents, you sure is stupid. 526 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,674 I'mma tell you something real about that person you put in jail. 527 00:37:04,257 --> 00:37:05,715 She was raped... 528 00:37:06,882 --> 00:37:08,924 when she was just 10 years old. 529 00:37:09,757 --> 00:37:12,465 You don't know how it is to be missing something in your life 530 00:37:12,465 --> 00:37:14,341 that only a fix seems to fill. 531 00:37:15,591 --> 00:37:17,341 She get with these men, 532 00:37:20,175 --> 00:37:21,675 and they treat her bad. 533 00:37:22,383 --> 00:37:24,883 She run around, she steal little trinkets. 534 00:37:27,716 --> 00:37:30,800 She look like a million bucks, but she feels like nothing. 535 00:37:34,258 --> 00:37:36,966 Hop eases the pain, but then that shit come right back 536 00:37:36,966 --> 00:37:38,675 and it hit harder than before. 537 00:37:39,716 --> 00:37:40,925 Like a hammer. 538 00:37:45,508 --> 00:37:47,383 Billie ain't got nobody. 539 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:52,591 Singing is her life and... 540 00:37:55,801 --> 00:37:58,134 She give that away to the world. 541 00:37:58,134 --> 00:38:00,634 So, at the end of the day, she don't hurt nobody but herself. 542 00:38:23,092 --> 00:38:24,676 Here for Mr. Anslinger. 543 00:38:24,676 --> 00:38:27,259 - What do you want? - Mr. Anslinger? 544 00:38:27,259 --> 00:38:28,967 It's Agent James Fletcher. 545 00:38:29,926 --> 00:38:30,926 Sit down. 546 00:38:40,385 --> 00:38:41,427 Come on. 547 00:38:44,635 --> 00:38:46,302 There's nothing on Holiday. 548 00:38:48,427 --> 00:38:50,968 Well, how can there be, sir? She's in jail. 549 00:38:55,052 --> 00:38:56,427 Pardon me for asking, 550 00:38:57,302 --> 00:38:59,385 but why is that song so important to us? 551 00:39:00,010 --> 00:39:01,677 Hoover says it's un‐American. 552 00:39:02,885 --> 00:39:04,468 You've heard those lyrics. 553 00:39:04,468 --> 00:39:07,177 They provoke people, in the wrong way. 554 00:39:09,885 --> 00:39:10,885 The wrong way. 555 00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:15,593 What would you have me do, sir? 556 00:39:15,593 --> 00:39:17,093 You're a good liar. 557 00:39:18,468 --> 00:39:21,844 Now, I need you to go down to the prison and tell her you're sorry. 558 00:39:23,553 --> 00:39:24,886 She'll believe you. 559 00:39:25,428 --> 00:39:27,136 She's a sucker for men. 560 00:39:30,969 --> 00:39:32,178 Yes, sir. 561 00:39:35,928 --> 00:39:38,594 We'll make sure she never gets that cabaret license back. 562 00:39:45,803 --> 00:39:48,219 Miss Holiday, you can't trust anyone. 563 00:39:51,011 --> 00:39:53,219 They're gonna set you up as soon as you get out of here. 564 00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:56,511 They want you down and they want me to take you down again. 565 00:39:57,428 --> 00:39:58,511 I won't. 566 00:40:00,469 --> 00:40:02,178 What's your game, man? 567 00:40:04,179 --> 00:40:05,887 I thought I was doing the right thing. 568 00:40:06,679 --> 00:40:08,137 Right thing? 569 00:40:13,137 --> 00:40:14,720 You look older, soldier boy. 570 00:40:18,845 --> 00:40:20,804 You said you'd kick that stuff. 571 00:40:24,554 --> 00:40:26,387 Even in prison, you're beautiful. 572 00:40:26,762 --> 00:40:28,304 Don't flirt with me. 573 00:40:29,470 --> 00:40:31,012 You ain't my kind of guy. 574 00:40:38,262 --> 00:40:39,262 Let's go. 575 00:40:41,900 --> 00:40:46,805 New York City March 16, 1948 - That took forever. - You know how trains can be. 576 00:40:48,305 --> 00:40:49,513 Hey. 577 00:40:53,471 --> 00:40:55,138 I hate baby's breath. 578 00:40:56,846 --> 00:41:00,263 Hi, baby. Mommy missed you so much. 579 00:41:01,263 --> 00:41:03,096 I didn't think he'd remember me. 580 00:41:03,096 --> 00:41:05,846 This is Ed Fishman. He's a good manager. 581 00:41:06,763 --> 00:41:07,763 Really? 582 00:41:08,221 --> 00:41:09,471 What's he gonna do for me? 583 00:41:09,471 --> 00:41:10,555 Tell her. 584 00:41:11,596 --> 00:41:15,638 Billie Holiday headlining at Carnegie Hall. 585 00:41:16,805 --> 00:41:18,263 Headlining, kid. 586 00:41:20,138 --> 00:41:21,555 No one will come to see me. 587 00:41:22,388 --> 00:41:24,138 I've been reading the papers. 588 00:41:25,221 --> 00:41:27,555 All them nasty things they're saying about me. 589 00:41:28,139 --> 00:41:29,847 Tickets went on sale yesterday 590 00:41:30,431 --> 00:41:32,097 and we're selling pretty good. 591 00:41:33,681 --> 00:41:35,431 They just want to hear you sing, Lady. 592 00:41:35,431 --> 00:41:36,639 That's all. 593 00:41:36,889 --> 00:41:38,847 Hey, why don't you stay at Lester's? 594 00:41:38,847 --> 00:41:41,806 Yeah, we can go over the numbers and you can eat some of Mama's chitlins. 595 00:41:41,806 --> 00:41:43,972 Yeah, I know what the two of y'all are thinking. 596 00:41:45,181 --> 00:41:46,597 I beat it this time. 597 00:41:48,347 --> 00:41:50,514 I don't plan on doing none of that shit again. 598 00:41:55,306 --> 00:41:56,722 Carnegie Hall? 599 00:41:58,972 --> 00:42:01,472 Hot damn, Prez! 600 00:42:07,056 --> 00:42:08,847 - Who are you smiling at? - Shit. 601 00:42:08,847 --> 00:42:11,098 - Hell no, not that nigga. - She's something. 602 00:42:11,098 --> 00:42:13,473 Take your goddamn dog. Come on. 603 00:42:14,432 --> 00:42:15,640 Well, I'll be damned. 604 00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:17,182 Your little visit to her worked. 605 00:42:18,473 --> 00:42:20,848 I told you not to get goddamn baby's breath. 606 00:42:22,765 --> 00:42:24,265 They didn't have no goddamn tulips. 607 00:42:24,265 --> 00:42:25,973 What the fuck you want me to do? Grow 'em out my ass? 608 00:42:25,973 --> 00:42:29,557 ♪ I cried for you ♪ 609 00:42:29,558 --> 00:42:32,015 Two months later ♪ Now it's your turn to cry... ♪ 610 00:42:32,015 --> 00:42:33,473 Hey, Miss Mona. 611 00:42:33,890 --> 00:42:37,015 ♪ To cry over me ♪ 612 00:42:37,015 --> 00:42:39,890 Listen, Bobby, I had an idea. - What? 613 00:42:39,890 --> 00:42:43,140 I think we should make the tune more of a conversation, you know? 614 00:42:43,140 --> 00:42:45,473 And the band take their cue from you, Prez. 615 00:42:45,765 --> 00:42:48,015 You play it. You know how you play it. 616 00:42:49,765 --> 00:42:52,933 ♪ I cry for you ♪ 617 00:42:57,183 --> 00:42:59,349 Not now, honey. Mommy's working. 618 00:42:59,349 --> 00:43:02,474 ♪ I cried for you ♪ 619 00:43:02,474 --> 00:43:06,641 ♪ Now it's your turn to cry over me ♪ 620 00:43:06,641 --> 00:43:08,183 - Yeah. - You dig? 621 00:43:08,183 --> 00:43:10,558 - I dig, I dig. Yeah. - You think that'll work? 622 00:43:10,558 --> 00:43:12,433 So glad to have you back, Lady. 623 00:43:12,433 --> 00:43:13,891 Yeah, I'm not feeling too bad. 624 00:43:17,933 --> 00:43:19,599 You know, I've been thinking. 625 00:43:19,599 --> 00:43:22,349 I think we should integrate the audience for the show. 626 00:43:22,349 --> 00:43:24,349 You know, Blacks and whites sitting together, 627 00:43:24,349 --> 00:43:26,391 you know, if... 628 00:43:27,141 --> 00:43:28,974 I feel like it would be more of a party that way. 629 00:43:28,974 --> 00:43:32,641 You know, Carnegie Hall and Broadway, the whole scene, you know what I mean? 630 00:43:32,641 --> 00:43:34,558 It's meant to keep the Negroes out. 631 00:43:34,808 --> 00:43:37,184 - Let's change it up a little bit. Do something different. 632 00:43:37,767 --> 00:43:39,642 - It's a great idea. - You know. 633 00:43:40,142 --> 00:43:42,767 No. Miss Mona? 634 00:43:43,350 --> 00:43:44,809 Yes, Miss Holiday? 635 00:43:44,809 --> 00:43:47,267 Honey, could you pull that pinstripe suit out for me? 636 00:43:47,267 --> 00:43:48,975 - Okay. - Yeah, I'm gonna go pray. 637 00:44:22,935 --> 00:44:24,851 It's like the whole world's out there right now. 638 00:44:24,851 --> 00:44:27,601 - What'd I tell ya? Packed house, Billie, packed house. 639 00:44:28,935 --> 00:44:31,976 - Will you keep your head still? - You know what? Stop! Stop! 640 00:44:32,476 --> 00:44:33,643 I'll do it myself. 641 00:44:36,893 --> 00:44:38,893 Shit! 642 00:44:44,310 --> 00:44:45,560 All right, I gotta go. 643 00:44:53,851 --> 00:44:55,976 Motherfucker, what are you doing? 644 00:44:55,976 --> 00:44:57,893 - Who's out there right now? - It's funny you should ask. 645 00:44:57,893 --> 00:44:59,768 I have a whole list of the most important... 646 00:45:33,311 --> 00:45:35,227 She does look incredible. 647 00:45:35,227 --> 00:45:38,061 - Thank you. - Thank you, everybody. 648 00:45:39,144 --> 00:45:42,561 Well, I'm back. 649 00:45:46,812 --> 00:45:48,395 And jail was fun. 650 00:45:49,978 --> 00:45:51,687 Sing Strange Fruit. 651 00:45:54,937 --> 00:45:57,187 I'm afraid I won't be able to do that one tonight, honey. 652 00:45:59,770 --> 00:46:01,062 I love you, Billie! 653 00:46:01,853 --> 00:46:03,562 I'm a little nervous up here tonight. 654 00:46:04,062 --> 00:46:05,728 All these reporters keep asking me, 655 00:46:06,187 --> 00:46:08,145 "Billie, why you do the things you do?" 656 00:46:08,853 --> 00:46:11,478 You know, I should be more like this person or that person. 657 00:46:12,020 --> 00:46:13,520 This is what I tell them. 658 00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:17,270 ♪ "Ain't Nobody's Business" plays ♪ 659 00:46:35,104 --> 00:46:39,813 ♪ There ain't nothing I can do ♪ 660 00:46:39,813 --> 00:46:43,479 ♪ Or nothing I can say ♪ 661 00:46:44,021 --> 00:46:48,604 ♪ That folks don't criticize me ♪ 662 00:46:48,854 --> 00:46:51,938 ♪ But I'm going to do ♪ 663 00:46:51,938 --> 00:46:56,479 ♪ Just as I want to anyway ♪ 664 00:46:57,604 --> 00:46:59,896 ♪ And don't care ♪ 665 00:46:59,896 --> 00:47:04,021 ♪ Just what people say ♪ 666 00:47:06,771 --> 00:47:11,605 ♪ If I should take the notion ♪ 667 00:47:11,605 --> 00:47:15,689 ♪ To jump into the ocean ♪ 668 00:47:16,314 --> 00:47:21,897 ♪ Ain't nobody's business if I do ♪ 669 00:47:24,939 --> 00:47:29,022 ♪ If my man ain't got no money ♪ 670 00:47:29,605 --> 00:47:33,689 ♪ And I say take all of mine, honey ♪ 671 00:47:34,689 --> 00:47:40,022 ♪ Ain't nobody's business if I do ♪ 672 00:47:43,355 --> 00:47:47,272 ♪ If I give him my last nickel ♪ 673 00:47:47,939 --> 00:47:51,815 ♪ And it leaves me in a pickle ♪ 674 00:47:52,731 --> 00:47:58,315 ♪ Ain't nobody's business if I do ♪ 675 00:48:01,481 --> 00:48:05,440 ♪ Well, I'd rather my man would hit me ♪ 676 00:48:05,940 --> 00:48:10,231 ♪ Than for him to jump up and quit me ♪ 677 00:48:11,190 --> 00:48:16,356 ♪ Ain't nobody's business if I do ♪ 678 00:48:19,731 --> 00:48:24,190 ♪ I swear I won't call no copper ♪ 679 00:48:24,190 --> 00:48:28,356 ♪ If I'm beat up by my papa ♪ 680 00:48:29,190 --> 00:48:35,107 ♪ Ain't nobody's business if I do ♪ 681 00:48:38,024 --> 00:48:41,899 ♪ Nobody's business ♪ 682 00:48:42,232 --> 00:48:46,316 ♪ Ain't nobody's business ♪ 683 00:48:47,191 --> 00:48:50,732 ♪ Nobody's business ♪ 684 00:48:50,732 --> 00:48:54,149 ♪ If I do ♪ 685 00:50:04,234 --> 00:50:06,984 What the hell you mean you can't get my cabaret card back? 686 00:50:06,984 --> 00:50:08,693 We had three lawyers working on it. 687 00:50:08,693 --> 00:50:10,401 They all came back empty‐handed, I... 688 00:50:10,401 --> 00:50:12,651 Well, they won't let me sing nowhere without my card. 689 00:50:12,651 --> 00:50:14,859 No clubs, no money, no nothing. 690 00:50:14,859 --> 00:50:16,526 We'll work something out. 691 00:50:17,359 --> 00:50:19,109 You ain't working fuck out! 692 00:50:20,234 --> 00:50:21,776 You son of a bitch! 693 00:50:22,234 --> 00:50:23,568 You're fucking high. 694 00:50:41,319 --> 00:50:43,069 Of course I'm high, Ed. 695 00:50:49,902 --> 00:50:51,735 I wanted to put on a great show. 696 00:50:57,277 --> 00:50:58,652 All the fans... 697 00:51:02,027 --> 00:51:06,110 and all those goddamn feds sitting in the front row. 698 00:51:09,944 --> 00:51:11,444 Of course I'm high. 699 00:51:13,777 --> 00:51:15,069 Shit. 700 00:51:26,695 --> 00:51:28,361 How am I supposed to work 701 00:51:32,653 --> 00:51:34,653 if I don't got my fucking card? 702 00:51:58,695 --> 00:52:01,820 ♪ Let me tell you 'bout a girl I know ♪ 703 00:52:01,820 --> 00:52:04,778 ♪ She is my baby and she lives next door ♪ 704 00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:07,821 ♪ Every mornin' 'fore the sun comes up ♪ 705 00:52:07,821 --> 00:52:10,071 How in the hell you pull this off? 706 00:52:11,487 --> 00:52:13,737 Is that the band standing up there? 707 00:52:14,946 --> 00:52:16,654 - Is that Ros and Freddy right there? - Yep. 708 00:52:16,654 --> 00:52:19,612 - None of your goddamn business, baby. Now, get out there and sing a song. 709 00:52:20,029 --> 00:52:23,696 Prez, you know I can get arrested for singing without my cabaret card. 710 00:52:23,696 --> 00:52:27,237 Bobby Tucker swears this John Levy cat got all the hookups. Come on. 711 00:52:28,154 --> 00:52:30,696 And he's a looker, too. 712 00:52:31,196 --> 00:52:32,279 Yeah. 713 00:52:33,904 --> 00:52:35,779 You don't even know what we're gonna sing. 714 00:52:37,237 --> 00:52:38,446 Look at y'all fools. 715 00:52:38,737 --> 00:52:40,987 How y'all let him talk y'all into this? 716 00:52:42,112 --> 00:52:44,529 We'll figure it out like we always do. 717 00:52:44,821 --> 00:52:46,321 You just gotta handle him. 718 00:52:50,947 --> 00:52:53,488 All right, y'all. We kinda gotta get ready for anything. 719 00:53:02,530 --> 00:53:04,905 Am I gonna get arrested for singing in here? 720 00:53:07,363 --> 00:53:08,447 Come here. 721 00:53:21,197 --> 00:53:23,572 From now on, I don't want you to worry about none of that. 722 00:53:24,363 --> 00:53:25,488 I'll pay off the right people. 723 00:53:25,822 --> 00:53:27,572 And you would do that for me? 724 00:53:29,280 --> 00:53:30,739 You just got a standing ovation 725 00:53:30,739 --> 00:53:33,406 and three curtain calls from a sold‐out crowd at Carnegie Hall. 726 00:53:34,906 --> 00:53:36,823 Plus, the cops owe me some favors. 727 00:53:38,698 --> 00:53:41,281 You and me might make a swell team. 728 00:53:44,739 --> 00:53:47,573 Only I decide when it's time to team up that way. 729 00:53:48,906 --> 00:53:50,698 You got a divorce from Monroe, didn't you? 730 00:53:51,823 --> 00:53:53,531 That ain't none of your business. 731 00:53:54,698 --> 00:53:56,239 Shit. I'm here to sing. 732 00:53:56,698 --> 00:53:58,156 Make you some money. 733 00:53:59,156 --> 00:54:01,198 Well, go on and make me some money then. 734 00:54:21,824 --> 00:54:23,365 Thank you. 735 00:54:24,282 --> 00:54:26,115 Well, I'm sure you've all heard, 736 00:54:26,115 --> 00:54:28,074 they ain't giving me my cabaret card back yet. 737 00:54:28,074 --> 00:54:30,115 - Yeah, boo! - They suck! 738 00:54:30,824 --> 00:54:32,740 So to keep working, I've been having to run around 739 00:54:32,740 --> 00:54:35,824 singing in Washington and Philly because I don't need no card there 740 00:54:35,824 --> 00:54:37,865 but tonight... 741 00:54:37,865 --> 00:54:39,574 Feels good to be back home. 742 00:54:40,157 --> 00:54:42,990 Thank you, John. 743 00:54:44,449 --> 00:54:46,907 So, I think we're gonna try something new tonight. 744 00:54:46,907 --> 00:54:49,615 Them There Eyes. Them There Eyes. 745 00:55:01,825 --> 00:55:05,575 ♪ I fell in love with you the first time I looked into ♪ 746 00:55:05,575 --> 00:55:07,450 ♪ Them there eyes ♪ 747 00:55:07,908 --> 00:55:10,825 ♪ You have a certain little cute way of flirtin' ♪ 748 00:55:11,408 --> 00:55:13,741 ♪ With them there eyes ♪ 749 00:55:14,366 --> 00:55:17,616 ♪ They make me feel so happy ♪ 750 00:55:17,616 --> 00:55:20,283 ♪ They make me feel so blue ♪ 751 00:55:20,283 --> 00:55:23,575 ♪ I'm fallin', no stallin' ♪ 752 00:55:23,575 --> 00:55:26,075 ♪ In a great big way for you ♪ 753 00:55:26,408 --> 00:55:29,783 ♪ My heart is jumpin', you started somethin' ♪ 754 00:55:29,783 --> 00:55:31,950 ♪ With them there eyes ♪ 755 00:55:32,950 --> 00:55:37,158 ♪ Baby, them there eyes ♪ 756 00:56:02,701 --> 00:56:06,284 ♪ I fell in love with you the first time I looked into ♪ 757 00:56:08,701 --> 00:56:11,909 ♪ You have a certain little cute way of flirtin' ♪ 758 00:56:15,326 --> 00:56:18,492 ♪ They make me feel so happy ♪ 759 00:56:18,492 --> 00:56:21,493 ♪ They make me feel so blue ♪ 760 00:56:21,493 --> 00:56:24,077 ♪ I'm fallin', no stallin' ♪ 761 00:56:24,410 --> 00:56:26,868 ♪ In a great big way for you ♪ 762 00:56:26,868 --> 00:56:31,452 ♪ I'm lookin' for the boy with the wistful eyes ♪ 763 00:56:32,868 --> 00:56:38,868 ♪ I fell in love with them there eyes ♪ 764 00:56:40,702 --> 00:56:42,160 All right! 765 00:56:51,410 --> 00:56:54,035 to that van with a sign saying, 766 00:56:54,035 --> 00:56:57,077 "Welcome, Satchmo and his All‐Stars 767 00:56:57,077 --> 00:56:59,493 from the New Orleans Roman Jazz band." 768 00:56:59,493 --> 00:57:01,660 We played about three days concert there 769 00:57:01,660 --> 00:57:04,161 and one of the nights we went out to the trumpet player's home... 770 00:57:04,161 --> 00:57:06,078 Telling folks I'm a musician. 771 00:57:06,078 --> 00:57:07,578 Say again? 772 00:57:07,578 --> 00:57:09,453 Telling folks I'm a musician. 773 00:57:10,828 --> 00:57:12,869 Just make sure they don't ask you to play something. 774 00:57:27,036 --> 00:57:28,453 How about that, nigga? 775 00:57:30,453 --> 00:57:31,578 What you got? 776 00:57:32,369 --> 00:57:34,286 Marleen's whorehouse closed. 777 00:57:37,078 --> 00:57:39,203 At least I ain't gotta worry about giving my wife the clap no more. 778 00:57:42,619 --> 00:57:44,119 Got anything on Louis or Charlie? 779 00:57:44,786 --> 00:57:46,037 Nothing that'll stick. 780 00:57:48,870 --> 00:57:50,745 Do you ever feel strange about what we're doing, Jimmy? 781 00:57:52,620 --> 00:57:54,079 You sound like my mother. 782 00:57:54,704 --> 00:57:57,495 They got us down in the basement trying to take out Negroes. 783 00:57:58,870 --> 00:58:00,662 The people I respect, you know? 784 00:58:05,458 --> 00:58:09,292 Three months later 785 00:58:14,792 --> 00:58:18,292 What's the best drink you serve here? 786 00:58:19,204 --> 00:58:21,870 I told you they don't serve no piña coladas in here, Ros. 787 00:58:21,870 --> 00:58:25,329 You need to figure out how you're going to get us paid from that creep. 788 00:58:25,329 --> 00:58:26,329 Yeah. 789 00:58:28,833 --> 00:58:30,750 Please tell me you have crème de menthe? 790 00:58:35,788 --> 00:58:36,955 One moment, Miss Holiday. 791 00:58:36,955 --> 00:58:38,996 Let me arrange a special table for you. 792 00:58:38,996 --> 00:58:40,996 - Sure. Thanks. - Who you looking at? 793 00:58:43,663 --> 00:58:44,746 God! 794 00:58:47,871 --> 00:58:49,871 Hey, baby. 795 00:58:52,788 --> 00:58:54,413 How you doing? - Good. 796 00:58:54,413 --> 00:58:56,288 Glad we're finally having dinner tonight. 797 00:58:56,288 --> 00:58:57,663 Yeah, about that... 798 00:58:57,663 --> 00:58:59,663 I gotta run by the number house. - What? 799 00:58:59,663 --> 00:59:01,538 Baby, no, come on. You said you was eating with us tonight. 800 00:59:01,538 --> 00:59:03,371 I'm sorry. Forgot I had business. 801 00:59:05,538 --> 00:59:07,580 I'll see you back at the club. - Yeah, sure. 802 00:59:10,788 --> 00:59:12,206 Hey, Levy! 803 00:59:12,206 --> 00:59:14,622 Goddamn! You done shorted me my money again, nigga. 804 00:59:14,622 --> 00:59:15,747 Told you. 805 00:59:16,706 --> 00:59:19,539 - Hey, who's that? - Louis McKay. 806 00:59:19,539 --> 00:59:21,206 Some so‐called businessman. 807 00:59:21,206 --> 00:59:24,081 He's really just a boxer and a damn pimp. He's trouble. 808 00:59:24,914 --> 00:59:27,081 - Your table is ready, Miss Holiday. Just this way. 809 00:59:27,081 --> 00:59:29,206 Luigi, that ain't necessary. 810 00:59:29,206 --> 00:59:31,539 Miss Holiday will be dining with me tonight. 811 00:59:33,997 --> 00:59:35,664 That's mighty swell of you. 812 00:59:36,206 --> 00:59:37,706 Ain't that nice, Ros. 813 00:59:39,206 --> 00:59:40,331 Come on, let's go. 814 00:59:40,331 --> 00:59:42,289 The table's just for two, though. 815 00:59:48,789 --> 00:59:50,164 Well... 816 00:59:51,247 --> 00:59:54,415 Well, you wouldn't want to eat with us, would you? 817 00:59:55,207 --> 00:59:56,498 Do you? 818 00:59:57,332 --> 00:59:59,540 I'll see you at the club later. Yeah? 819 00:59:59,540 --> 01:00:00,915 Here, take the baby from me. 820 01:00:02,207 --> 01:00:04,707 Take the baby. Take the baby. Take her! 821 01:00:15,790 --> 01:00:17,748 Tallulah Bankhead. 822 01:00:18,290 --> 01:00:19,373 Thank you for meeting me. 823 01:00:21,873 --> 01:00:24,040 I'm Federal Agent Harry Anslinger. 824 01:00:29,498 --> 01:00:31,582 Who the hell do you think you're playing with? 825 01:00:32,957 --> 01:00:34,248 What is this? 826 01:00:34,873 --> 01:00:36,791 I know you're friends with Miss Holiday. 827 01:00:38,208 --> 01:00:39,416 We're trying to help her. 828 01:00:39,999 --> 01:00:42,791 I just bet you are. 829 01:00:43,749 --> 01:00:46,958 We have intel that you don't approve of her drug use. 830 01:00:46,958 --> 01:00:49,499 I am unaware of any drug use by Miss Holiday. 831 01:00:51,958 --> 01:00:53,916 Would you consider her a friend? 832 01:00:54,958 --> 01:00:56,166 Yes. 833 01:00:57,208 --> 01:00:58,874 Billie's got lots of friends. 834 01:01:00,083 --> 01:01:04,958 I hear she likes to get to know her lady friends... intimately. 835 01:01:06,416 --> 01:01:08,874 I wouldn't know about that. 836 01:01:09,708 --> 01:01:12,332 Are you sexually involved with Miss Holiday? 837 01:01:18,123 --> 01:01:19,832 The whole thing was unnerving. 838 01:01:19,832 --> 01:01:23,248 Darling, I'm sorry you had to go through all that, Bankhead. 839 01:01:23,957 --> 01:01:25,915 You're not still using that stuff, are you? 840 01:01:25,915 --> 01:01:28,582 - Come on, Bank. It's such a nice day. Can't we just enjoy it, please? 841 01:01:29,290 --> 01:01:30,915 How's that John Levy treating you? 842 01:01:30,915 --> 01:01:32,540 Well, I'm singing in his club. 843 01:01:33,373 --> 01:01:35,040 I heard he's stealing your money. 844 01:01:35,040 --> 01:01:37,832 You could do better. They're all using you. 845 01:01:37,832 --> 01:01:39,997 What makes you think I'm not using him? 846 01:01:41,789 --> 01:01:43,872 Mister, knock it off. Come on. 847 01:01:45,622 --> 01:01:47,997 You'll never understand my life, white girl. 848 01:01:50,289 --> 01:01:52,539 See, Mister can beg, but he can't heel. 849 01:01:52,539 --> 01:01:54,247 But it's not his fault. I ain't train him right. 850 01:01:54,247 --> 01:01:56,206 I'm gonna train this one. - Yeah. 851 01:01:59,331 --> 01:02:00,539 Small world. 852 01:02:02,747 --> 01:02:04,206 Only if you following me. 853 01:02:04,206 --> 01:02:07,330 I'll follow you to the moon and back, Lady. 854 01:02:07,330 --> 01:02:09,371 Train that dog for you for free. 855 01:02:10,163 --> 01:02:13,496 How about we ditch these snow bunnies and go get into some black shit? 856 01:02:15,621 --> 01:02:17,913 I loathe the East End. 857 01:02:19,496 --> 01:02:21,288 Really, Billie? 858 01:02:29,913 --> 01:02:31,413 He won't miss us none. 859 01:02:32,955 --> 01:02:34,912 I've been singing here all this time. 860 01:02:34,912 --> 01:02:36,495 Packing that motherfucker. 861 01:02:38,620 --> 01:02:40,954 Did he think he not gonna pay us? Shit. 862 01:02:40,954 --> 01:02:43,287 ♪ She's got them bad ♪ 863 01:02:44,370 --> 01:02:47,329 ♪ She feels so sad ♪ 864 01:02:49,079 --> 01:02:53,329 ♪ And wants the world to know ♪ 865 01:02:54,287 --> 01:02:58,829 ♪ Just what her blues is all about ♪ 866 01:03:01,994 --> 01:03:03,453 What you mean, "No"? 867 01:03:03,453 --> 01:03:05,536 Nigga, I'm tired of going to jail. 868 01:03:05,536 --> 01:03:07,703 Come on, Joe. Baby, please, okay? 869 01:03:07,703 --> 01:03:10,494 I just need a little‐‐ I need a little taste. A little taste. 870 01:03:10,494 --> 01:03:13,786 Why? You've been clean for a minute now. 871 01:03:13,786 --> 01:03:15,786 You said we could beat this shit, Billie, 872 01:03:15,786 --> 01:03:16,828 and we can. 873 01:03:20,078 --> 01:03:21,953 Look, I know I did, Joe, okay? 874 01:03:21,953 --> 01:03:23,536 I know I did, but... 875 01:03:23,536 --> 01:03:24,953 You know, you gotta understand, baby. 876 01:03:24,953 --> 01:03:26,994 Right now, I'm in a situation, you know. 877 01:03:26,994 --> 01:03:28,785 And this fucking Levy cat... 878 01:03:28,785 --> 01:03:30,910 You know, he's been fucking with me, you know? 879 01:03:31,660 --> 01:03:33,952 Look, there's always gonna be somebody fucking with us. 880 01:03:34,368 --> 01:03:36,660 Hey, what happened to that clinic you was talking about? 881 01:03:38,952 --> 01:03:40,077 Fuck! 882 01:03:42,535 --> 01:03:44,743 Look, fuck that clinic shit, Joe. 883 01:03:44,743 --> 01:03:46,202 I need some now. 884 01:03:46,202 --> 01:03:49,077 Man, shit. Look, how about we just go together? 885 01:03:49,535 --> 01:03:51,702 Look, you done took his cash. 886 01:03:51,702 --> 01:03:53,535 Why don't we make some good use of it? 887 01:03:53,535 --> 01:03:55,284 It's not his cash. 888 01:03:55,742 --> 01:03:56,909 This is not his money. 889 01:03:56,909 --> 01:03:58,826 Nigga, this my motherfucking money. 890 01:03:58,826 --> 01:04:01,617 You know what, Joe? Fuck you. - Billie... 891 01:04:01,617 --> 01:04:03,992 If you're not gonna help me, I'm gonna find somebody who can. 892 01:04:03,992 --> 01:04:06,242 ♪ I'm telling you ♪ 893 01:04:06,242 --> 01:04:09,034 ♪ She's got them bad ♪ 894 01:04:10,784 --> 01:04:15,534 ♪ But now the world will know ♪ 895 01:04:17,367 --> 01:04:21,951 ♪ She's never gonna sing them no more ♪ 896 01:04:23,283 --> 01:04:29,116 ♪ No more ♪ 897 01:04:40,450 --> 01:04:42,158 Jesus. 898 01:04:42,866 --> 01:04:44,158 Hey, come on. 899 01:04:44,158 --> 01:04:45,533 Come on. 900 01:04:56,365 --> 01:04:57,824 You're so silly! 901 01:04:57,824 --> 01:04:59,074 Hey, daddy. 902 01:05:02,907 --> 01:05:04,449 Whoa! 903 01:05:04,449 --> 01:05:06,907 Sneaking into my money and then try to come back to my club. 904 01:05:08,782 --> 01:05:10,574 Come on, y'all, now. Stop! 905 01:05:14,074 --> 01:05:15,115 Billie, no! 906 01:05:20,489 --> 01:05:21,614 Do something. 907 01:05:26,489 --> 01:05:27,489 Fuck! 908 01:05:29,989 --> 01:05:31,573 Clean your ass up. 909 01:05:35,489 --> 01:05:38,156 Come on, baby. Come on, get up! 910 01:05:38,989 --> 01:05:40,531 Come on. Get up. 911 01:05:40,531 --> 01:05:42,573 - Get the fuck off me. - No, Billie! Stop! 912 01:05:42,573 --> 01:05:44,281 Motherfucker, get back here! 913 01:05:44,281 --> 01:05:46,322 Billie, stop! Come on! 914 01:05:50,072 --> 01:05:51,072 Please. 915 01:05:51,738 --> 01:05:54,113 Please, Billie, stop. 916 01:06:01,780 --> 01:06:07,530 ♪ I don't know why but I'm feeling so sad ♪ 917 01:06:08,238 --> 01:06:13,446 ♪ I long to try something I've never had ♪ 918 01:06:14,279 --> 01:06:16,862 ♪ Never had no kissin' ♪ 919 01:06:17,737 --> 01:06:20,696 ♪ What I've been missin' ♪ 920 01:06:21,196 --> 01:06:24,987 ♪ Lover man, where can you be? ♪ 921 01:06:27,487 --> 01:06:32,904 ♪ The night is cold and I'm so all alone ♪ 922 01:06:33,821 --> 01:06:39,278 ♪ I'd give my soul just to call you my own ♪ 923 01:06:40,445 --> 01:06:42,861 ♪ Got a moon above me ♪ 924 01:06:43,361 --> 01:06:45,986 ♪ But no one to love me ♪ 925 01:06:46,445 --> 01:06:50,736 ♪ Lover man, where can you be? ♪ 926 01:06:52,611 --> 01:06:55,486 ♪ I've heard it said ♪ 927 01:06:56,195 --> 01:06:59,320 ♪ That the thrill of romance ♪ 928 01:06:59,320 --> 01:07:03,736 ♪ Can be like a heavenly dream ♪ 929 01:07:04,986 --> 01:07:10,110 ♪ I go to bed with a prayer ♪ 930 01:07:10,110 --> 01:07:13,402 ♪ That you'll make love to me ♪ 931 01:07:13,985 --> 01:07:16,985 ♪ Strange as it seems ♪ 932 01:07:18,444 --> 01:07:21,027 ♪ Someday we'll meet ♪ 933 01:07:21,610 --> 01:07:24,777 ♪ And you'll dry all my tears ♪ 934 01:07:25,152 --> 01:07:27,652 ♪ Then whisper sweet ♪ 935 01:07:27,652 --> 01:07:30,735 ♪ Little things in my ear ♪ 936 01:07:31,652 --> 01:07:34,443 ♪ A‐hugging and a‐kissing ♪ 937 01:07:34,859 --> 01:07:38,318 ♪ What we've been missing ♪ 938 01:07:38,776 --> 01:07:42,734 ♪ Lover man ♪ 939 01:07:42,984 --> 01:07:47,151 ♪ Where can you be? ♪ 940 01:07:50,943 --> 01:07:52,818 Holiday heads to Hollywood... 941 01:07:52,818 --> 01:07:54,776 hopefully without heroin. 942 01:07:54,776 --> 01:07:57,318 Billie Holiday takes San Francisco by storm. 943 01:07:57,318 --> 01:08:00,068 She has been the victim of both narcotic agents and dope peddlers 944 01:08:00,068 --> 01:08:01,942 who have harassed her constantly. 945 01:08:02,733 --> 01:08:04,567 This gal sure can play. 946 01:08:08,317 --> 01:08:10,192 Maybe I should learn to play the guitar. 947 01:08:13,567 --> 01:08:16,858 You know, some people say we have a very unhealthy thing going on here. 948 01:08:18,067 --> 01:08:19,150 Why? 949 01:08:20,650 --> 01:08:22,317 'Cause I punched you in the lobby? 950 01:08:25,067 --> 01:08:27,108 Yeah, you gonna learn to pay me on time. 951 01:08:29,066 --> 01:08:31,816 Would you believe I ain't used in almost two months? 952 01:08:32,691 --> 01:08:34,274 Yes, I can, baby. 953 01:08:36,399 --> 01:08:38,316 How come we don't ever talk about marriage? 954 01:08:39,482 --> 01:08:41,191 You know how much I need you. 955 01:08:41,191 --> 01:08:42,982 Shut up, Levy. 956 01:08:42,982 --> 01:08:44,691 You're already married, remember? 957 01:08:45,107 --> 01:08:47,107 And I told you I was getting a divorce. 958 01:08:47,107 --> 01:08:48,274 Yeah. 959 01:08:49,816 --> 01:08:51,857 I like our arrangement just fine. 960 01:08:51,857 --> 01:08:53,232 Is that right? 961 01:08:53,566 --> 01:08:55,566 Well maybe this gift will change your mind. 962 01:08:56,898 --> 01:08:58,190 What? 963 01:09:03,898 --> 01:09:06,106 What you gone and got me, daddy? 964 01:09:06,106 --> 01:09:07,690 - Just a little somethin'. - What? 965 01:09:07,690 --> 01:09:09,481 Come here. 966 01:09:17,731 --> 01:09:19,731 - What is this? - No, don't worry about that. 967 01:09:20,231 --> 01:09:21,481 - What is this? - Nothing. 968 01:09:21,481 --> 01:09:22,565 Levy, what is this? 969 01:09:22,565 --> 01:09:24,022 I'm not taking this shit. 970 01:09:41,522 --> 01:09:44,814 The fact that the drug works, the spoon, syringe and so forth 971 01:09:44,814 --> 01:09:48,564 were found in a waste paper basket. It was odd, yes. 972 01:09:50,439 --> 01:09:51,854 Typically, the... 973 01:09:53,063 --> 01:09:55,438 The junkie will keep their works close by. 974 01:09:56,354 --> 01:10:01,063 And‐- and she was holding the opium, but I... 975 01:10:01,063 --> 01:10:02,854 So it could have been a frame up? 976 01:10:03,646 --> 01:10:05,521 I‐I didn't say that. 977 01:10:07,104 --> 01:10:08,938 What you mean by that then? 978 01:10:08,938 --> 01:10:09,938 I, I... 979 01:10:13,104 --> 01:10:14,438 Fuck. 980 01:10:14,438 --> 01:10:16,438 People, please, please. Back off. 981 01:10:21,228 --> 01:10:22,937 What happened in there, Billie? 982 01:10:22,937 --> 01:10:25,728 Well, they tried framing me, but they got caught red‐handed. 983 01:10:25,728 --> 01:10:27,437 What's next for you, Billie? 984 01:10:28,603 --> 01:10:30,520 I'm tourin' America. 985 01:10:31,520 --> 01:10:33,395 Yeah, that's right. Yeah, I'm going on tour. 986 01:10:33,395 --> 01:10:34,645 You all can catch me on tour. 987 01:10:45,727 --> 01:10:48,227 You looked like Nat King Cole up there. 988 01:10:50,686 --> 01:10:54,644 The opium was on her, but I... 989 01:10:54,644 --> 01:10:56,394 You sounded like Stepin Fetchit. 990 01:10:57,019 --> 01:10:59,352 All of our hard work just went down the drain. 991 01:11:00,144 --> 01:11:01,686 You wanted me to lie up there? 992 01:11:01,686 --> 01:11:03,477 You had a job to do and you failed. 993 01:11:03,977 --> 01:11:06,644 Now guess what, Nat King Fucking Fetchit? 994 01:11:09,061 --> 01:11:10,477 You're going on tour. 995 01:11:18,768 --> 01:11:21,810 Why that Black ass federal agent keep following us for? 996 01:11:21,810 --> 01:11:23,226 This nigga's still following us. 997 01:11:23,226 --> 01:11:25,018 Yeah, I seen him two miles back. 998 01:11:26,476 --> 01:11:28,060 Why don't he go fuck with some white people? 999 01:11:39,601 --> 01:11:43,392 ♪ Up in Harlem every Saturday night ♪ 1000 01:11:43,767 --> 01:11:46,642 ♪ Where the highbrows get together ♪ 1001 01:11:46,642 --> 01:11:48,600 ♪ It's just too right ♪ 1002 01:11:48,850 --> 01:11:50,892 ♪ They all congregate ♪ 1003 01:11:50,892 --> 01:11:52,892 ♪ And all night... ♪ 1004 01:11:52,892 --> 01:11:54,017 Let me see what it says. 1005 01:11:54,017 --> 01:11:55,600 Shit say, "I'm cured for good now". 1006 01:11:55,600 --> 01:11:57,600 That bitch probably high right now, talking about... 1007 01:11:57,600 --> 01:11:58,934 What she got on, man? What she got on? 1008 01:11:58,934 --> 01:12:02,809 ♪ Ole Hannah Brown from way across town ♪ 1009 01:12:03,392 --> 01:12:05,017 ♪ Gets full of coin ♪ 1010 01:12:05,017 --> 01:12:07,434 ♪ And starts breaking them down ♪ 1011 01:12:08,349 --> 01:12:11,808 ♪ And at the break of day ♪ 1012 01:12:12,391 --> 01:12:15,683 ♪ You can hear ole Hannah say ♪ 1013 01:12:16,474 --> 01:12:18,016 ♪ Gimme a pigfoot... ♪ 1014 01:12:19,058 --> 01:12:21,974 ♪ And a bottle of beer ♪ 1015 01:12:22,308 --> 01:12:25,808 ♪ Send me gate, I don't care ♪ Baltimore, Maryland April 3, 1949 1016 01:12:30,974 --> 01:12:34,099 ♪ I want a pigfoot ♪ 1017 01:12:34,099 --> 01:12:36,307 ♪ And a gang of gin ♪ 1018 01:12:36,307 --> 01:12:37,598 Hey, you. Come here. 1019 01:12:39,765 --> 01:12:41,640 How did I do? - You've done fantastic. 1020 01:12:41,640 --> 01:12:43,640 We're sold out. Don't stop. 1021 01:13:09,889 --> 01:13:15,097 ♪ Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer ♪ 1022 01:13:16,931 --> 01:13:18,972 December. Friday. 1023 01:13:18,972 --> 01:13:20,472 Okay, here we go. 1024 01:13:20,472 --> 01:13:22,806 Ain't you been watchin'. 1025 01:13:22,806 --> 01:13:24,431 Jesus ain't watch Freddy's hand. 1026 01:13:24,431 --> 01:13:26,847 In Jesus' name, y'all better hope he watchin' Freddy's hand. 1027 01:13:26,847 --> 01:13:30,638 In Jesus name, we gonna watch your hand with that money you not paying us. 1028 01:13:30,638 --> 01:13:32,805 Jesus said he's gonna give us some money. 1029 01:13:32,805 --> 01:13:35,596 That's what we gonna do while we bringin' the Holy Spirit in here. 1030 01:13:35,596 --> 01:13:37,763 Shut the fuck up. 1031 01:13:37,763 --> 01:13:39,846 Hell, no. I know you better get the fuck out of here. 1032 01:13:41,055 --> 01:13:43,555 Hey, hey, hey, leave him alone. Leave him alone. 1033 01:13:43,555 --> 01:13:45,555 After all the trouble this cat done caused us? 1034 01:13:46,221 --> 01:13:47,513 Leave him be. 1035 01:13:47,513 --> 01:13:49,555 Lady, you know, a hard head make a soft ass. 1036 01:13:49,555 --> 01:13:51,388 You ain't learned your lesson yet. 1037 01:13:51,388 --> 01:13:53,096 It's complicated. 1038 01:13:54,513 --> 01:13:55,513 Come here. Sit down. 1039 01:14:01,387 --> 01:14:03,595 You can fuck around with this one right here if you want to, 1040 01:14:03,595 --> 01:14:05,345 but I need to get paid. 1041 01:14:06,220 --> 01:14:08,054 If the club ain't have the money, then why we play? 1042 01:14:08,054 --> 01:14:10,095 They gave us what they had, Prez. 1043 01:14:10,595 --> 01:14:12,429 Come on, man. You know we'll make it up at the next one. 1044 01:14:18,470 --> 01:14:20,387 Thanks for what you did for me in that courtroom. 1045 01:14:22,720 --> 01:14:24,386 They want you to think that they fired me. 1046 01:14:25,761 --> 01:14:27,261 Is you still working for 'em? 1047 01:14:29,219 --> 01:14:30,511 It's complicated. 1048 01:14:34,719 --> 01:14:36,178 So you really just here to hang out? 1049 01:14:42,011 --> 01:14:43,594 You know he got some candy for you. 1050 01:14:43,594 --> 01:14:44,886 Hey, Candyman. 1051 01:14:45,594 --> 01:14:47,136 Let me blow a bubble. 1052 01:14:47,136 --> 01:14:48,344 What you get? 1053 01:14:55,427 --> 01:14:58,385 All right. Here's what we got. 1054 01:14:59,385 --> 01:15:01,093 Yeah, that is all we got. 1055 01:15:01,093 --> 01:15:02,093 Okay. 1056 01:15:03,760 --> 01:15:05,468 I sure hope you gave him enough for me. 1057 01:15:05,468 --> 01:15:07,260 - You know, I did. - Shut the fuck up, Freddy. 1058 01:15:07,260 --> 01:15:09,552 What, you mad 'cause I ain't got my lipstick on? 1059 01:15:11,760 --> 01:15:14,427 He be gettin' so mad at me sometimes. 1060 01:15:15,260 --> 01:15:17,052 That man crazy about me. 1061 01:15:17,052 --> 01:15:19,259 Freddy, play the damn game. 1062 01:15:19,259 --> 01:15:22,592 ♪ Workin' hard every night, ♪ 1063 01:15:23,176 --> 01:15:26,342 ♪ Tryin' to get paid, ♪ 1064 01:15:26,884 --> 01:15:28,676 ♪ Might get laid ♪ 1065 01:15:28,676 --> 01:15:31,009 I'm trying to get sane. 1066 01:15:31,842 --> 01:15:34,176 Why we don't do that track? 1067 01:15:34,176 --> 01:15:36,509 - We'll do... - Billie's Blues, yeah. 1068 01:15:36,509 --> 01:15:39,176 Wait. Wait. 1069 01:15:41,009 --> 01:15:42,884 So, Billie, how you gonna pay that drug man? 1070 01:15:42,884 --> 01:15:44,176 But I ain't got nothing. 1071 01:15:44,176 --> 01:15:45,426 Come on, Ros. 1072 01:15:45,426 --> 01:15:47,091 Y'all know I need my medicine. 1073 01:15:47,091 --> 01:15:48,508 Medicine, my ass. 1074 01:15:48,508 --> 01:15:50,008 You knew what you was getting yourself into 1075 01:15:50,008 --> 01:15:51,216 when you decided to come on the road. 1076 01:15:51,216 --> 01:15:53,091 Shut up, Freddy. I wasn't even talking to you. 1077 01:15:53,091 --> 01:15:54,383 Just gotta do like I do. 1078 01:15:54,383 --> 01:15:56,633 - Shut the fuck up. - The hell you do. 1079 01:15:56,633 --> 01:15:58,591 - Nah, Freddy... - That bitch don't pay me my money, 1080 01:15:58,591 --> 01:16:00,800 I take her shit. - Get outta my goddamn clothes. 1081 01:16:00,800 --> 01:16:03,258 I'm just letting you know I'm gonna take everything 1082 01:16:03,258 --> 01:16:04,966 except your bra and your panties. 1083 01:16:04,966 --> 01:16:07,175 I can't‐- I can't wear that size. 1084 01:16:08,008 --> 01:16:11,133 I can't wear a gown. I ain't gonna... 1085 01:16:11,133 --> 01:16:12,425 If you gonna do it, do it right. 1086 01:16:12,883 --> 01:16:14,174 Here. - Hey, Fletcher. 1087 01:16:14,174 --> 01:16:16,215 You're gonna follow us around the whole country in that car? 1088 01:16:18,132 --> 01:16:19,507 I ain't got nothing better to do. 1089 01:16:21,340 --> 01:16:23,799 I trust you about as far as I can throw your ass. 1090 01:16:25,465 --> 01:16:26,882 The Lady trusts me. 1091 01:16:26,882 --> 01:16:27,882 No, I don't. 1092 01:16:29,965 --> 01:16:31,340 You better damn not. 1093 01:16:31,340 --> 01:16:33,049 All right, now shut up. This is serious. 1094 01:16:33,049 --> 01:16:34,715 Here we go. 1095 01:16:34,715 --> 01:16:36,632 Hypothetically speaking, all right? 1096 01:16:37,132 --> 01:16:38,424 Let's say you catch Freddy. 1097 01:16:38,424 --> 01:16:41,423 Now, even though he don't have no drugs on hand, 1098 01:16:41,423 --> 01:16:43,631 in the trunk of his car, there is a considerable amount. 1099 01:16:43,631 --> 01:16:45,839 What then? - She said "considerable amount." 1100 01:16:46,548 --> 01:16:48,256 You drive around with drugs in the trunk of your car? 1101 01:16:48,256 --> 01:16:51,173 - She said, "Hypothetically." Nigga, I don't even got no car. 1102 01:16:51,173 --> 01:16:53,214 You see me driving a car, that shit is stolen. 1103 01:16:53,214 --> 01:16:55,298 I promise you that. 1104 01:16:55,298 --> 01:16:56,756 Well, if it's your car, 1105 01:16:56,756 --> 01:16:59,256 then they could probably bust you for possession or something. 1106 01:16:59,256 --> 01:17:02,048 - Damn. - Now that's some ridiculous shit. 1107 01:17:02,048 --> 01:17:03,381 Why the FBI shittin' on me? 1108 01:17:04,006 --> 01:17:06,798 All right, ladies and gentlemen, let's keep this party going. 1109 01:17:06,798 --> 01:17:08,463 It is time for the main event. 1110 01:17:08,463 --> 01:17:11,963 Okay. Well, it's time for me to go. Y'all have a blessed night. 1111 01:17:11,963 --> 01:17:13,422 Come on, Ros. You ain't got to go! 1112 01:17:13,422 --> 01:17:15,130 - You ain't got to go! - It's all right. 1113 01:17:15,130 --> 01:17:17,380 - Bye. - Bye, bitch. 1114 01:17:19,755 --> 01:17:21,380 Pray for us, Ros. 1115 01:17:21,380 --> 01:17:25,838 ♪ The devil and I got up to dance a slow dance ♪ 1116 01:17:27,505 --> 01:17:32,672 ♪ The devil and I began to dance a slow dance ♪ 1117 01:17:33,672 --> 01:17:38,587 ♪ She showed her tongue and had the nerve to ask me ♪ 1118 01:17:39,712 --> 01:17:45,004 ♪ Yes, all at once, she had the nerve to ask me ♪ 1119 01:17:45,504 --> 01:17:47,421 ♪ I would leave your body... ♪ 1120 01:17:47,421 --> 01:17:48,796 Do it. 1121 01:17:48,796 --> 01:17:51,587 ♪ 'Cause it's your soul I came here for ♪ 1122 01:17:52,921 --> 01:17:54,754 If you're with us, go ahead and do it. 1123 01:17:55,921 --> 01:17:57,379 Mr. Federal Agent. 1124 01:18:00,671 --> 01:18:05,795 ♪ There's no way in the world to save you now ♪ 1125 01:18:06,836 --> 01:18:12,253 ♪ This kiss, the sweetest poison that I found ♪ 1126 01:18:12,670 --> 01:18:15,503 ♪ And before I let you go ♪ 1127 01:18:18,961 --> 01:18:22,086 ♪ I'll take you down ♪ 1128 01:18:22,086 --> 01:18:23,086 Relax. 1129 01:18:23,628 --> 01:18:25,128 Let that shit kick in. 1130 01:18:34,460 --> 01:18:35,502 You feel it? 1131 01:18:36,169 --> 01:18:37,335 That shit good, ain't it? 1132 01:18:39,002 --> 01:18:40,169 Come with me. 1133 01:18:43,002 --> 01:18:46,919 ♪ She said there is to be no turning back ♪ 1134 01:18:46,919 --> 01:18:50,085 ♪ I'm strong and beautiful in black ♪ 1135 01:18:50,085 --> 01:18:55,502 ♪ The devil and I were caught up in a slow dance ♪ 1136 01:18:57,502 --> 01:18:59,793 I never had a chance to play with dolls. 1137 01:18:59,793 --> 01:19:01,251 Momma. 1138 01:19:01,251 --> 01:19:03,209 I started working when I was six. 1139 01:19:03,209 --> 01:19:04,209 Momma. 1140 01:19:05,126 --> 01:19:07,709 - Hey, Eleanora. - Hey. You seen my Momma? 1141 01:19:07,709 --> 01:19:08,709 No. 1142 01:19:10,834 --> 01:19:12,084 I missed you, beautiful. 1143 01:19:12,709 --> 01:19:13,959 Where the fuck is my mother? 1144 01:19:14,709 --> 01:19:16,459 She down the hall, Eleanora. 1145 01:19:16,459 --> 01:19:21,584 ♪ I'll take you down ♪ 1146 01:19:22,709 --> 01:19:26,333 ♪ I'll take you down ♪ 1147 01:19:27,500 --> 01:19:28,583 Momma. 1148 01:19:28,583 --> 01:19:30,583 ♪ I'll take you down ♪ 1149 01:19:30,583 --> 01:19:31,583 Momma. 1150 01:19:32,625 --> 01:19:33,625 Shit. 1151 01:19:34,333 --> 01:19:39,000 ♪ I'll take you down ♪ 1152 01:19:41,583 --> 01:19:44,125 ♪ Ain't nobody ♪ 1153 01:19:44,667 --> 01:19:48,458 ♪ Bizness if I do ♪ 1154 01:19:49,208 --> 01:19:52,250 ♪ If I do ♪ 1155 01:19:53,874 --> 01:19:59,582 ♪ If my friend ain't got no money ♪ 1156 01:19:59,582 --> 01:20:00,957 Momma, where you been? 1157 01:20:01,624 --> 01:20:02,874 You got to go, Eleanora. 1158 01:20:03,916 --> 01:20:04,916 Why? 1159 01:20:05,666 --> 01:20:07,624 It's time for you to figure out how to make your own money now. 1160 01:20:07,624 --> 01:20:08,707 Come on. 1161 01:20:08,707 --> 01:20:09,832 I don't want to go, Momma. 1162 01:20:10,624 --> 01:20:12,166 You're a woman now, Eleanora. 1163 01:20:12,166 --> 01:20:14,624 It's a woman's job to keep her man happy, all right? 1164 01:20:14,624 --> 01:20:15,832 What you mean "happy"? 1165 01:20:15,832 --> 01:20:17,499 What the fuck do you think I mean "happy"? 1166 01:20:17,499 --> 01:20:18,582 Happy! 1167 01:20:18,582 --> 01:20:20,790 Make that nigger happy. Touch him, caress him. 1168 01:20:21,415 --> 01:20:22,831 I don't want to be a fucking whore. 1169 01:20:22,831 --> 01:20:24,998 Well, it's good enough for me, ain't it? 1170 01:20:26,248 --> 01:20:27,540 Go on, you can do it. 1171 01:20:28,165 --> 01:20:29,623 There ain't no room for you here. 1172 01:20:29,623 --> 01:20:30,748 You takin' up space. 1173 01:20:30,748 --> 01:20:33,040 Ms. Gerty around the corner, she got a room for you. 1174 01:20:33,040 --> 01:20:34,206 Please don't make me go, Momma. 1175 01:20:34,790 --> 01:20:36,123 I want to stay with you. 1176 01:20:38,206 --> 01:20:39,373 I‐‐ 1177 01:20:40,456 --> 01:20:42,498 I told Ms. Gertrude to look after you. 1178 01:20:43,248 --> 01:20:45,373 Come on now. You come back anytime you want. 1179 01:20:54,622 --> 01:20:57,580 The fuck you think? She think she can't go no damn where. She a superstar. 1180 01:20:58,164 --> 01:20:59,872 I can go any damn where I want to. 1181 01:21:01,497 --> 01:21:03,039 Be careful with this feeling. 1182 01:21:06,539 --> 01:21:08,039 This love right here, baby. 1183 01:21:09,455 --> 01:21:10,664 It won't love you back. 1184 01:21:13,955 --> 01:21:15,163 I promise. 1185 01:22:13,411 --> 01:22:17,702 Daddy, get Momma down from that tree. 1186 01:22:34,036 --> 01:22:36,036 Daddy! 1187 01:24:01,865 --> 01:24:02,865 Come on. 1188 01:24:15,198 --> 01:24:17,032 I've got it ready. Come on, come on. 1189 01:24:17,823 --> 01:24:19,073 Come on. 1190 01:24:24,573 --> 01:24:25,990 Help me out, please. 1191 01:24:33,739 --> 01:24:35,572 - Get your hands off her. - Stop! Stop! 1192 01:25:41,112 --> 01:25:45,195 ♪ Southern trees ♪ 1193 01:25:46,487 --> 01:25:52,444 ♪ Bear a strange fruit ♪ 1194 01:25:54,569 --> 01:25:58,069 ♪ Blood on the leaves ♪ 1195 01:25:59,153 --> 01:26:03,069 ♪ And blood at the root ♪ 1196 01:26:05,194 --> 01:26:08,069 ♪ Black bodies swinging ♪ 1197 01:26:09,319 --> 01:26:14,653 ♪ In the southern breeze ♪ 1198 01:26:14,986 --> 01:26:18,235 ♪ Strange fruit hanging ♪ 1199 01:26:18,485 --> 01:26:22,568 ♪ From the poplar trees ♪ 1200 01:26:41,902 --> 01:26:44,984 ♪ Pastoral scene ♪ 1201 01:26:45,692 --> 01:26:50,109 ♪ Of the gallant south ♪ 1202 01:26:52,317 --> 01:26:56,859 ♪ The bulging eyes ♪ 1203 01:26:57,734 --> 01:27:02,234 ♪ And the twisted mouth ♪ 1204 01:27:04,692 --> 01:27:08,692 ♪ Scent of magnolia ♪ 1205 01:27:09,817 --> 01:27:12,233 ♪ Sweet ♪ 1206 01:27:12,233 --> 01:27:16,775 ♪ And fresh ♪ 1207 01:27:18,150 --> 01:27:21,816 ♪ Then the sudden smell ♪ 1208 01:27:22,233 --> 01:27:27,816 ♪ Of burning flesh ♪ 1209 01:27:29,025 --> 01:27:32,233 ♪ Here is a fruit ♪ 1210 01:27:33,191 --> 01:27:38,649 ♪ For the crows to pluck ♪ 1211 01:27:40,815 --> 01:27:45,357 ♪ For the rain to gather ♪ 1212 01:27:46,815 --> 01:27:51,315 ♪ For the wind to suck ♪ 1213 01:27:53,399 --> 01:27:57,815 ♪ For the sun to rot ♪ 1214 01:28:00,107 --> 01:28:03,815 ♪ For the trees ♪ 1215 01:28:06,564 --> 01:28:12,356 ♪ To drop ♪ 1216 01:28:14,689 --> 01:28:19,189 ♪ Here is a strange ♪ 1217 01:28:20,231 --> 01:28:26,064 ♪ And bitter ♪ 1218 01:28:31,731 --> 01:28:37,730 ♪ Crop ♪ 1219 01:28:50,397 --> 01:28:52,563 We need to nail this bitch. 1220 01:28:53,522 --> 01:28:57,772 Are you telling me she hasn't done drugs the entire time she's been on the road? 1221 01:28:59,230 --> 01:29:00,229 No, sir. 1222 01:29:09,521 --> 01:29:10,562 Are you there, sir? 1223 01:29:14,812 --> 01:29:16,562 Make sure you call me tomorrow. 1224 01:29:19,146 --> 01:29:20,146 Yes, sir. 1225 01:29:57,935 --> 01:29:59,144 Thought you were asleep. 1226 01:30:02,144 --> 01:30:03,685 You were making a phone call... 1227 01:30:07,977 --> 01:30:09,352 to your boss. 1228 01:30:11,144 --> 01:30:12,394 Yes. 1229 01:30:14,935 --> 01:30:16,102 You tell him everything I do. 1230 01:30:17,019 --> 01:30:18,019 No. 1231 01:30:24,476 --> 01:30:25,476 You tell him you shot up? 1232 01:30:28,893 --> 01:30:30,601 Tell him you been fucking me good? 1233 01:30:35,393 --> 01:30:37,018 Take your shit off, nigger. 1234 01:30:41,434 --> 01:30:42,851 What are they going to give you, Jimmy? 1235 01:30:44,643 --> 01:30:46,684 Shiny gold watch and a brand‐new car? 1236 01:30:50,267 --> 01:30:51,808 Your picture in the paper? 1237 01:30:55,933 --> 01:30:57,725 I get all of that every day of the week. 1238 01:31:09,142 --> 01:31:10,767 Come on, Jimmy. 1239 01:31:45,806 --> 01:31:46,806 What? 1240 01:31:50,931 --> 01:31:51,973 Not like this. 1241 01:31:53,681 --> 01:31:54,681 What? 1242 01:31:55,848 --> 01:31:57,181 Then, like what? 1243 01:31:59,348 --> 01:32:00,765 Like what? 1244 01:32:00,765 --> 01:32:01,765 Hey. 1245 01:32:04,598 --> 01:32:05,598 Like this. 1246 01:34:16,051 --> 01:34:18,510 - What you doing? - I got smoke in my eye. 1247 01:34:18,510 --> 01:34:20,385 Watch out. Freddy will knock it to first. 1248 01:34:21,051 --> 01:34:22,635 Come on, Lester. What the fuck! 1249 01:34:22,635 --> 01:34:24,176 What the fuck kind of throw is that? 1250 01:34:30,092 --> 01:34:31,467 - Come on. - Come on, baby. 1251 01:34:32,800 --> 01:34:34,259 God damn! 1252 01:34:34,259 --> 01:34:35,342 Yes! 1253 01:34:35,342 --> 01:34:36,759 Shit. 1254 01:34:40,634 --> 01:34:42,509 This motherfucker must take him some vitamins. 1255 01:34:43,675 --> 01:34:44,884 Look at Miss Freddy. 1256 01:34:46,175 --> 01:34:47,800 Hey, hey, what's up with the bags? 1257 01:34:51,509 --> 01:34:52,842 What's up with the bags, Billie? 1258 01:34:54,967 --> 01:34:56,424 Jimmy, we got to talk. 1259 01:35:02,883 --> 01:35:04,508 We really got to talk. 1260 01:35:07,883 --> 01:35:09,049 How about we... 1261 01:35:10,216 --> 01:35:11,424 How about we go back to New York? 1262 01:35:14,091 --> 01:35:15,508 Take you in my car, we can... 1263 01:35:16,841 --> 01:35:18,091 get you the help you need. 1264 01:35:22,716 --> 01:35:24,257 No, that's not gonna work. 1265 01:35:25,757 --> 01:35:27,840 You gotta find you a nice girl, okay? 1266 01:35:31,340 --> 01:35:32,715 And that ain't me. 1267 01:35:40,173 --> 01:35:41,673 I know what you thinking. 1268 01:35:44,298 --> 01:35:45,548 Dumb. 1269 01:35:48,757 --> 01:35:51,797 Me, I only know a certain kind of love that makes me feel safe. 1270 01:35:58,506 --> 01:36:00,797 At least what you and I got here is... 1271 01:36:05,297 --> 01:36:06,339 I don't understand this. 1272 01:36:12,422 --> 01:36:14,131 I don't feel in control. 1273 01:36:18,171 --> 01:36:19,171 Billie. 1274 01:36:19,546 --> 01:36:21,630 You called saying you were stranded, 1275 01:36:21,630 --> 01:36:23,255 so I drove all night to get here. 1276 01:36:23,921 --> 01:36:24,963 Let's go. 1277 01:36:25,505 --> 01:36:27,005 We got a plane to catch. 1278 01:36:27,338 --> 01:36:28,421 I'm coming. 1279 01:36:42,088 --> 01:36:43,213 Billie, let's go. 1280 01:36:44,588 --> 01:36:45,920 - I'm sorry, Jimmy. - Yeah. 1281 01:36:49,920 --> 01:36:51,212 Billie, I know goddamn good and well 1282 01:36:51,212 --> 01:36:53,420 you ain't about to leave us out here like no stray mutts. 1283 01:36:53,712 --> 01:36:55,754 We got no damn gas money to get home. 1284 01:36:56,379 --> 01:36:57,670 All right, Ros, Freddy, come on. 1285 01:36:58,045 --> 01:36:59,670 Lady, I thought we was family. 1286 01:37:00,795 --> 01:37:02,295 You don't do this shit to family. 1287 01:37:03,087 --> 01:37:04,462 And I'll wire the money as soon as I get home. 1288 01:37:04,462 --> 01:37:05,545 Don't look at me that‐‐ 1289 01:37:07,379 --> 01:37:09,712 - So done with your shit, Billie. - Take my bag, Ros. 1290 01:37:09,712 --> 01:37:11,629 Fuck. The fuck we supposed to do? 1291 01:37:13,419 --> 01:37:14,586 Billie, let's go. 1292 01:37:20,086 --> 01:37:21,086 Let's go! 1293 01:37:34,211 --> 01:37:35,878 See you in church, soldier boy. 1294 01:37:38,961 --> 01:37:40,377 Fuck you, bitch. 1295 01:37:40,877 --> 01:37:42,752 Come on, Carl. Let's get on the goddamn bus. 1296 01:37:43,585 --> 01:37:44,710 Billie. 1297 01:37:44,710 --> 01:37:46,252 We gotta figure out some kind of way to get home. 1298 01:37:46,252 --> 01:37:48,377 Got a plane to catch now. Let's go. 1299 01:37:54,543 --> 01:37:55,960 I got my eye on you, little nigger. 1300 01:37:58,335 --> 01:38:00,043 That shit ain't funny around here neither. 1301 01:38:02,752 --> 01:38:05,127 Louis McKay came to save the day, bitch! 1302 01:38:18,584 --> 01:38:19,917 - Where's my stuff, Shirley? - I don't know. 1303 01:38:20,501 --> 01:38:22,459 - Where's my shit? - I don't know Mr. Fletcher. 1304 01:38:22,459 --> 01:38:24,167 You'll have to ask Mr. Williams. 1305 01:38:25,084 --> 01:38:26,917 What's going on, Sam? Where is my stuff? 1306 01:38:26,917 --> 01:38:28,334 Sorry, Jimmy. 1307 01:38:28,334 --> 01:38:30,251 I don't know. What do you want me to say? 1308 01:38:30,626 --> 01:38:32,251 Where is my shit, Sam? 1309 01:38:32,626 --> 01:38:33,626 They took it. 1310 01:38:37,458 --> 01:38:39,541 They're moving you over to Administration, Jimmy. 1311 01:38:44,625 --> 01:38:46,500 They want me to pick up where you left off. 1312 01:38:57,458 --> 01:38:59,166 This drug war is just a war on us. 1313 01:39:00,666 --> 01:39:01,915 I got a family, man. 1314 01:39:02,665 --> 01:39:03,665 I can't leave. 1315 01:39:04,999 --> 01:39:06,332 They're gonna fuck you, too. 1316 01:39:07,874 --> 01:39:09,915 Now, let's get on with this straight. 1317 01:39:10,415 --> 01:39:12,207 In the more realistic sense, 1318 01:39:12,207 --> 01:39:16,374 the big comeback of her career was launched not tonight, 1319 01:39:16,999 --> 01:39:18,624 but over five years ago, 1320 01:39:19,624 --> 01:39:21,707 when there was a year of darkness. 1321 01:39:22,124 --> 01:39:26,499 When she fell victim to one of society's most dreaded illnesses, 1322 01:39:27,040 --> 01:39:28,499 the use of narcotics. 1323 01:39:28,957 --> 01:39:31,831 Billie, it's a privilege to have you with us tonight. 1324 01:39:32,539 --> 01:39:34,998 - Thank you, George. It's an honor to be here. 1325 01:39:35,706 --> 01:39:39,998 Now, Billie, this is the usual part of our procedure in this show 1326 01:39:39,998 --> 01:39:43,748 where we introduce from the audience the family of our guests, 1327 01:39:43,748 --> 01:39:47,414 those near ones who were there, 1328 01:39:48,081 --> 01:39:50,706 to give the strength and security needed 1329 01:39:50,706 --> 01:39:53,039 when their kinfolk are in trouble. 1330 01:39:53,581 --> 01:39:55,789 But there's no one here to remember for Billie. 1331 01:39:55,789 --> 01:39:57,247 No family. 1332 01:39:57,622 --> 01:40:00,413 Not a single relative that she knows. 1333 01:40:03,038 --> 01:40:05,997 Yes, well, I have my husband. 1334 01:40:05,997 --> 01:40:07,538 Mr. Louis McKay. 1335 01:40:40,292 --> 01:40:42,125 Billie Holiday a sellout - 5 nights she sings strange fruit 1336 01:40:50,792 --> 01:40:52,083 Rome loves "lady day" 1337 01:40:52,953 --> 01:40:54,495 I'm going to see the goddamn Pope. 1338 01:40:54,495 --> 01:40:56,870 - Sit your ass down. You ain't going no‐fucking‐where. 1339 01:41:04,161 --> 01:41:05,245 Take the picture, man. 1340 01:41:06,661 --> 01:41:08,286 Man, take the goddamn picture. 1341 01:41:08,995 --> 01:41:10,078 I wasn't looking. 1342 01:41:13,411 --> 01:41:14,870 - Good times. - Time. 1343 01:41:14,870 --> 01:41:15,953 - Yes. - Good time. 1344 01:41:15,953 --> 01:41:17,995 That's how you say it right? "I love you good time"? 1345 01:41:17,995 --> 01:41:19,077 Good time? 1346 01:41:19,077 --> 01:41:20,077 That's right. 1347 01:41:34,035 --> 01:41:35,327 Your gum, Ms. Holiday. 1348 01:42:10,743 --> 01:42:14,825 You motherfuckers just can't stand seeing two beautiful Black people 1349 01:42:14,825 --> 01:42:17,033 running around in this world having a good time in life. 1350 01:42:17,450 --> 01:42:19,075 And now you here wasting my time. 1351 01:42:19,658 --> 01:42:21,700 There wasn't enough on you to make a case. 1352 01:42:21,908 --> 01:42:23,408 You guys got lucky. 1353 01:42:23,408 --> 01:42:24,575 I'm a lucky guy. 1354 01:42:24,575 --> 01:42:26,242 Well, her luck's running out. 1355 01:42:26,950 --> 01:42:28,450 You can get on the right side. 1356 01:42:29,283 --> 01:42:30,992 Help me plant some heroin on her. 1357 01:42:32,117 --> 01:42:33,617 We need her to talk. 1358 01:42:33,867 --> 01:42:34,867 Shit. 1359 01:42:35,283 --> 01:42:37,075 I can't make her say nothing. 1360 01:42:37,575 --> 01:42:40,033 Just like I can't make her stop singing that goddamn song. 1361 01:42:40,367 --> 01:42:42,366 She tells everybody you live off her money. 1362 01:42:42,616 --> 01:42:44,699 She wouldn't have any money if I ain't keep her in line. 1363 01:42:46,241 --> 01:42:47,616 So you're wearing the pants, right? 1364 01:42:47,616 --> 01:42:48,574 Damn right. 1365 01:42:48,574 --> 01:42:50,366 Well, maybe she's got you by the balls. 1366 01:42:56,042 --> 01:42:59,667 Mr. Kelly's, Chicago September 18, 1954 1367 01:43:03,407 --> 01:43:06,491 ♪ Them that's got shall have ♪ 1368 01:43:08,365 --> 01:43:11,156 ♪ Them that's not shall lose ♪ 1369 01:43:12,323 --> 01:43:18,115 ♪ So the Bible said and it still is news ♪ 1370 01:43:19,531 --> 01:43:21,990 ♪ Mama may have ♪ 1371 01:43:22,906 --> 01:43:25,698 ♪ Papa may have ♪ 1372 01:43:26,031 --> 01:43:30,948 ♪ But God bless the child that's got his own ♪ 1373 01:43:32,448 --> 01:43:34,906 ♪ That's got his own ♪ 1374 01:43:37,864 --> 01:43:42,239 ♪ Yes, the strong get smart ♪ 1375 01:43:43,405 --> 01:43:45,655 ♪ While the weak ones fade ♪ 1376 01:43:46,947 --> 01:43:48,697 ♪ Empty pockets ♪ 1377 01:43:48,697 --> 01:43:53,072 ♪ Don't ever make the grade ♪ 1378 01:43:53,697 --> 01:43:56,822 ♪ Mama may have ♪ 1379 01:43:56,822 --> 01:43:59,864 ♪ Papa may have ♪ 1380 01:44:00,822 --> 01:44:05,613 ♪ But God bless the child that's got his own ♪ 1381 01:44:07,446 --> 01:44:10,488 ♪ That's got his own ♪ 1382 01:44:15,238 --> 01:44:20,988 ♪ Money, you've got lots of friends ♪ 1383 01:44:22,071 --> 01:44:26,863 ♪ They're crowding around your door ♪ 1384 01:44:29,113 --> 01:44:35,070 ♪ But when you're gone and spending ends ♪ 1385 01:44:36,195 --> 01:44:40,112 ♪ They don't come no more ♪ 1386 01:44:41,153 --> 01:44:44,237 ♪ Rich relations give ♪ 1387 01:44:45,195 --> 01:44:48,028 ♪ Crusts of bread and such ♪ 1388 01:44:49,112 --> 01:44:51,778 ♪ You can help yourself ♪ 1389 01:44:51,778 --> 01:44:55,237 ♪ But don't take too much ♪ 1390 01:44:56,945 --> 01:44:59,652 ♪ Mama may have ♪ 1391 01:45:00,236 --> 01:45:02,944 ♪ Papa may have ♪ 1392 01:45:03,277 --> 01:45:08,652 ♪ But God bless the child that's got his own ♪ 1393 01:45:10,152 --> 01:45:14,069 ♪ That's got his own ♪ 1394 01:45:19,236 --> 01:45:20,944 You can have the bitch. 1395 01:45:22,861 --> 01:45:26,401 Her audience wants to know about Louis McKay. 1396 01:45:26,610 --> 01:45:29,235 You two seemed so in love and... 1397 01:45:30,443 --> 01:45:33,651 then he vanished. 1398 01:45:33,651 --> 01:45:34,568 Poof! 1399 01:45:36,193 --> 01:45:38,985 Yeah, McKay and me, we're separated. 1400 01:45:40,526 --> 01:45:42,776 He's trying to control my estate. 1401 01:45:44,443 --> 01:45:47,526 But my friend Jimmy's been with me and he's been helpful. 1402 01:45:49,193 --> 01:45:50,901 Helpful, all right. 1403 01:45:51,360 --> 01:45:52,359 He's a Fed. 1404 01:45:55,275 --> 01:45:59,692 What is the government's problem with Billie Holiday? 1405 01:46:00,109 --> 01:46:03,775 Why is the government always after you? 1406 01:46:05,150 --> 01:46:06,150 My song. 1407 01:46:06,942 --> 01:46:08,484 Strange Fruit. 1408 01:46:10,609 --> 01:46:12,859 It reminds them that they're killing us. 1409 01:46:14,817 --> 01:46:16,400 Reminds them. 1410 01:46:18,025 --> 01:46:19,858 It reminds you, too, Reginald. 1411 01:46:21,191 --> 01:46:22,941 Lady, don't say that. 1412 01:46:24,691 --> 01:46:27,858 See, this is why she's always getting in trouble. 1413 01:46:27,858 --> 01:46:29,316 I'll edit that part out. 1414 01:46:30,733 --> 01:46:33,149 You don't have to edit shit for Harry Anslinger. 1415 01:46:34,399 --> 01:46:36,233 He was in charge of Prohibition, remember? 1416 01:46:37,441 --> 01:46:38,816 See us drinking, don't you? 1417 01:46:42,149 --> 01:46:44,233 He can't afford to lose with drugs. 1418 01:46:46,191 --> 01:46:49,065 But it's a war on drugs, not on you, Lady. 1419 01:46:53,857 --> 01:46:56,065 Yeah, that's what they want you to believe. 1420 01:47:01,773 --> 01:47:04,107 They say they want the names of my suppliers. 1421 01:47:10,190 --> 01:47:11,773 They don't want no names. 1422 01:47:15,897 --> 01:47:17,564 They want to destroy me. 1423 01:47:27,022 --> 01:47:29,939 He wants me to stop singing what's in my soul. 1424 01:47:35,272 --> 01:47:40,272 Well, why don't you stop singing the damn song? 1425 01:47:40,856 --> 01:47:45,896 Wouldn't your life be easier if you just behaved? 1426 01:47:50,021 --> 01:47:51,813 ♪ I'm a fool ♪ 1427 01:47:52,563 --> 01:47:55,730 ♪ To... to... want ♪ 1428 01:47:56,355 --> 01:47:58,396 I can't seem to get these words. 1429 01:48:04,646 --> 01:48:07,105 Where is that? Lady Sings the Blues? 1430 01:48:07,355 --> 01:48:10,645 You recorded that one a few years back, Billie. 1431 01:48:12,937 --> 01:48:15,562 Baby, we're gonna go home, okay? 1432 01:48:19,437 --> 01:48:20,520 Jimmy. 1433 01:48:30,312 --> 01:48:33,270 ♪ Lady sings the blues ♪ 1434 01:48:35,854 --> 01:48:37,811 ♪ I'm telling you ♪ 1435 01:48:40,353 --> 01:48:43,061 Shit. Where's my rum? 1436 01:49:00,519 --> 01:49:04,727 ♪ Can't no grave hold my body down ♪ 1437 01:49:06,393 --> 01:49:09,227 ♪ You know when the first trumpets sound ♪ 1438 01:49:09,518 --> 01:49:12,810 ♪ I'm going to get up out of the ground ♪ 1439 01:49:13,185 --> 01:49:17,685 ♪ Can't no grave hold my body down ♪ 1440 01:49:18,560 --> 01:49:20,977 ♪ Well, well, well, can't no grave... ♪ 1441 01:49:21,310 --> 01:49:22,768 ♪ Can't no grave ♪ 1442 01:49:24,102 --> 01:49:26,185 I should have been a gospel singer, you know. 1443 01:49:26,185 --> 01:49:27,393 Gospel singer? 1444 01:49:27,393 --> 01:49:28,852 Yeah, gospel. 1445 01:49:30,602 --> 01:49:32,434 I like Sister Rosetta. 1446 01:49:35,726 --> 01:49:38,017 She bring a little sunshine to death, you know. 1447 01:49:43,392 --> 01:49:45,142 Prez died. 1448 01:49:46,851 --> 01:49:49,309 His wife wouldn't let me sing at the funeral. 1449 01:49:56,809 --> 01:49:58,226 I miss him. 1450 01:49:58,641 --> 01:50:00,183 I'm sorry. 1451 01:50:03,641 --> 01:50:06,183 You remember last time we was all together? 1452 01:50:10,975 --> 01:50:12,808 I left him there, Jimmy. 1453 01:50:19,308 --> 01:50:21,308 I love you, Billie Holiday. 1454 01:50:29,432 --> 01:50:31,140 My liver don't work no more. 1455 01:50:35,640 --> 01:50:37,390 They say it's cirrhosis. 1456 01:50:41,140 --> 01:50:42,640 I want you to blow! 1457 01:50:42,640 --> 01:50:44,307 I want you to blow! 1458 01:50:44,640 --> 01:50:48,640 ♪ Blow, blow, blow, blow, blow, blow ♪ 1459 01:50:48,640 --> 01:50:53,556 ♪ Can't no grave hold my body down ♪ 1460 01:50:53,889 --> 01:50:55,848 ♪ No, no, no ♪ 1461 01:50:56,389 --> 01:50:57,431 ♪ Can't no grave... ♪ 1462 01:51:01,056 --> 01:51:04,848 ♪ Can't no grave hold my body down ♪ 1463 01:51:05,514 --> 01:51:06,848 ♪ Yes ♪ 1464 01:51:06,848 --> 01:51:09,889 ♪ When I hear that trumpet sound ♪ 1465 01:51:09,889 --> 01:51:12,348 Ms. Mona, call a doctor. 1466 01:51:20,098 --> 01:51:22,638 Your fans love you. 1467 01:51:23,222 --> 01:51:24,847 Look at this. 1468 01:51:24,847 --> 01:51:25,847 Look here. 1469 01:51:26,263 --> 01:51:27,388 Look. 1470 01:51:27,388 --> 01:51:32,847 NAACP says, "Billie Holiday is the voice of our people." 1471 01:51:37,805 --> 01:51:40,180 Try not to blame yourself for any of this. 1472 01:51:46,222 --> 01:51:48,762 You got well‐wishers crowding up in the street outside. 1473 01:51:49,096 --> 01:51:50,429 It's pretty wild out there. 1474 01:51:51,637 --> 01:51:52,929 That's swell. 1475 01:51:55,471 --> 01:51:57,012 Give me some of that. 1476 01:52:07,721 --> 01:52:09,221 I must look a mess. 1477 01:52:16,220 --> 01:52:18,136 Hey, help me paint my nails, would you? 1478 01:52:20,845 --> 01:52:22,928 That... I don't know how to do that, Billie. 1479 01:52:23,178 --> 01:52:24,678 Come on, man. 1480 01:52:25,595 --> 01:52:26,636 Get my purse. 1481 01:52:28,428 --> 01:52:29,428 Yeah. 1482 01:52:31,720 --> 01:52:33,761 - I got two bottles in there. - Okay. 1483 01:52:35,261 --> 01:52:36,470 Give me that blood red. 1484 01:52:40,720 --> 01:52:41,803 Blood red. 1485 01:52:42,760 --> 01:52:43,885 All right. 1486 01:52:46,927 --> 01:52:49,052 - You know what you're doing, right? - I told you, I don't. 1487 01:52:50,302 --> 01:52:51,344 You don't listen. 1488 01:53:12,509 --> 01:53:13,551 Hello, sir. 1489 01:53:14,718 --> 01:53:15,968 You're out of line being here. 1490 01:53:16,843 --> 01:53:18,218 Maybe he's supplying her. 1491 01:53:20,509 --> 01:53:22,926 If you obstruct us, we have enough to tie you to her. 1492 01:53:27,718 --> 01:53:29,843 And that's a long way down. 1493 01:53:33,718 --> 01:53:34,968 You hate her. 1494 01:53:37,592 --> 01:53:39,550 Despite all this shit in her life, 1495 01:53:39,758 --> 01:53:42,467 she's made something of herself, and you can't take it, 1496 01:53:43,300 --> 01:53:45,050 because she's strong, 1497 01:53:46,425 --> 01:53:48,008 beautiful, 1498 01:53:49,175 --> 01:53:50,842 and Black. 1499 01:54:31,632 --> 01:54:32,631 Get up, nigger. 1500 01:54:34,423 --> 01:54:36,548 Come on! Stop! Hey, what you all doing? 1501 01:54:36,548 --> 01:54:37,881 Stop it, y'all! 1502 01:54:39,590 --> 01:54:40,590 Yo. 1503 01:54:41,423 --> 01:54:43,673 Come on, what are we doing? 1504 01:54:46,215 --> 01:54:47,798 Hey, baby. 1505 01:54:47,798 --> 01:54:49,965 I heard you wasn't feeling so good. 1506 01:54:51,923 --> 01:54:53,506 Yeah, all of a sudden, I'm not. 1507 01:54:54,256 --> 01:54:55,340 Let me take you home. 1508 01:54:55,340 --> 01:54:56,590 No! 1509 01:54:58,590 --> 01:54:59,797 Jimmy, come here. 1510 01:55:11,130 --> 01:55:13,380 What do critics think about my last record? 1511 01:55:15,589 --> 01:55:17,297 Thought you didn't care about the critics. 1512 01:55:18,547 --> 01:55:19,547 I don't. 1513 01:55:26,339 --> 01:55:28,213 I want folks to like it, you know. 1514 01:55:31,671 --> 01:55:32,963 The critics didn't like it. 1515 01:55:36,838 --> 01:55:38,254 Did you like it? 1516 01:55:40,879 --> 01:55:42,296 Yes. 1517 01:55:49,004 --> 01:55:50,713 Go on, scram, 1518 01:55:51,379 --> 01:55:53,171 so I can get this man out of here. 1519 01:55:55,003 --> 01:55:57,128 Jimmy. Jimmy. 1520 01:55:57,128 --> 01:55:58,462 Anslinger's gonna be here in a minute. 1521 01:55:58,462 --> 01:55:59,587 We gotta go. 1522 01:56:02,253 --> 01:56:04,045 See you in church, soldier boy. 1523 01:56:09,920 --> 01:56:11,587 Hey, princess. 1524 01:56:13,545 --> 01:56:15,837 We need to talk about these papers, honey. 1525 01:56:17,003 --> 01:56:18,753 I need you to sign them. 1526 01:56:22,252 --> 01:56:23,711 She may not talk to you. 1527 01:56:23,711 --> 01:56:25,752 I don't feel good about this, brother. 1528 01:56:32,252 --> 01:56:33,586 Hey, blondie. 1529 01:56:35,377 --> 01:56:37,586 Jimmy. 1530 01:56:43,461 --> 01:56:45,169 Ooh. It is a mess in there. 1531 01:56:45,169 --> 01:56:46,169 Yeah. 1532 01:56:46,711 --> 01:56:48,461 My friend's a nurse here. 1533 01:56:50,335 --> 01:56:51,960 Jimmy, they're going to take her off Methadone 1534 01:56:51,960 --> 01:56:53,543 and she's in withdrawal. 1535 01:56:55,126 --> 01:56:56,918 If they do it, they're going to kill her. 1536 01:56:56,918 --> 01:56:58,960 So you have to do something, Jimmy, 1537 01:56:58,960 --> 01:57:00,835 because those bastards won't let me in there. 1538 01:57:00,835 --> 01:57:03,918 So you have to do something, you hear me? You have to do something. 1539 01:57:05,418 --> 01:57:06,501 Shh. 1540 01:57:12,043 --> 01:57:13,835 Anslinger's going to plant heroin on her. 1541 01:57:26,250 --> 01:57:27,625 Hello, sweetie. 1542 01:57:33,709 --> 01:57:35,292 My wife is a big fan. 1543 01:57:36,917 --> 01:57:38,375 She understands what you need. 1544 01:57:38,375 --> 01:57:40,042 Billie and me discussed things. 1545 01:57:40,250 --> 01:57:44,041 She hasn't been well, but she's sorry for the trouble she's caused 1546 01:57:44,041 --> 01:57:45,374 and she's ready to help. 1547 01:57:47,916 --> 01:57:51,499 For the record, I'm going to need you to state your name. 1548 01:57:57,083 --> 01:57:58,999 My name is Billie Holiday. 1549 01:58:02,458 --> 01:58:04,833 Go on, Lady. Go ahead and speak your peace. 1550 01:58:07,208 --> 01:58:08,958 You're a victim of drugs. 1551 01:58:09,666 --> 01:58:10,790 We know that. 1552 01:58:14,040 --> 01:58:15,748 I blame nobody but myself. 1553 01:58:17,082 --> 01:58:19,790 Go ahead and tell 'em what you need to tell 'em, baby. 1554 01:58:21,623 --> 01:58:24,623 Ms. Holiday, you want to clear your name, right? 1555 01:58:27,748 --> 01:58:31,165 Get us off your case and you'll never see us again. 1556 01:58:41,164 --> 01:58:43,122 You think I'm going to stop singing that song? 1557 01:58:52,539 --> 01:58:54,789 Your grandkids will be singing Strange Fruit. 1558 01:59:01,539 --> 01:59:04,789 Y'all motherfuckers think y'all got something on me? 1559 01:59:10,163 --> 01:59:11,205 You don't. 1560 01:59:19,163 --> 01:59:21,580 You stupid bitches don't got shit on me. 1561 01:59:29,663 --> 01:59:31,455 Suck my Black ass. 1562 02:00:39,875 --> 02:00:46,042 On July 17, 1959, Billie Holiday died. She was 44 years old. 1563 02:00:55,208 --> 02:00:59,625 Narcotics agents, claiming to have found heroin, 1564 02:00:59,833 --> 02:01:03,208 arrested her as she lay dying. 1565 02:01:55,208 --> 02:01:57,708 Harry anslinger remained commissioner 1566 02:01:57,917 --> 02:02:00,167 of the federal bureau of narcotics 1567 02:02:00,375 --> 02:02:03,542 until his retirement at the age of 70. 1568 02:02:05,032 --> 02:02:08,199 Harry Jacob Anslinger, distinguished citizen, 1569 02:02:08,199 --> 02:02:12,490 for your dedicated efforts to combat the illegal traffic of narcotic drugs 1570 02:02:12,865 --> 02:02:15,657 have earned for you the respect of the world community. 1571 02:02:15,657 --> 02:02:17,448 Signed, John F. Kennedy. 1572 02:02:22,333 --> 02:02:24,667 Jimmy Fletcher regretted his actions 1573 02:02:24,875 --> 02:02:26,917 while working for Harry anslinger 1574 02:02:27,125 --> 02:02:29,208 and the United States government 1575 02:02:29,417 --> 02:02:30,833 until the day he died. 1576 02:02:39,708 --> 02:02:41,917 In 1978, Billie Holiday's single "strange fruit" 1577 02:02:42,125 --> 02:02:44,000 was inducted into the grammy hall of fame. 1578 02:02:44,375 --> 02:02:49,417 Time magazine named it "song of the century." 1579 02:03:00,333 --> 02:03:02,708 In February 2020, 1580 02:03:02,917 --> 02:03:07,875 the Emmett till anti-lynching act was considered by the senate. 1581 02:03:10,250 --> 02:03:15,292 It has yet to pass. 1582 02:05:18,858 --> 02:05:22,275 ♪ All of me ♪ 1583 02:05:22,275 --> 02:05:26,983 ♪ Why not take all of me ♪ 1584 02:05:28,982 --> 02:05:32,191 ♪ Can't you see? ♪ 1585 02:05:32,482 --> 02:05:37,399 ♪ I'm no good without you ♪ 1586 02:05:38,857 --> 02:05:42,607 ♪ Take my lips ♪ 1587 02:05:42,607 --> 02:05:48,149 ♪ I want to lose them ♪ 1588 02:05:49,107 --> 02:05:52,816 ♪ Take my arms ♪ 1589 02:05:52,816 --> 02:05:57,773 ♪ I never use them ♪ 1590 02:05:59,231 --> 02:06:02,898 ♪ Your goodbye ♪ 1591 02:06:02,898 --> 02:06:08,065 ♪ Left me with eyes that cry ♪ 1592 02:06:09,565 --> 02:06:14,815 ♪ How can I go on, dear ♪ 1593 02:06:14,815 --> 02:06:17,981 ♪ Without you ♪ 1594 02:06:19,606 --> 02:06:24,480 ♪ You took the part ♪ 1595 02:06:24,480 --> 02:06:28,980 ♪ That once was my heart ♪ 1596 02:06:29,605 --> 02:06:32,564 ♪ So why not ♪ 1597 02:06:32,564 --> 02:06:36,564 ♪ Take all of me ♪ 1598 02:06:39,480 --> 02:06:41,855 - One, two, three. Here we go. One, two, three. 1599 02:06:41,855 --> 02:06:44,730 - One, one, two. - One, two, three. 1600 02:06:44,730 --> 02:06:47,522 One, two, three. One, two, three. 1601 02:06:47,522 --> 02:06:49,147 Out. - Out. 1602 02:06:49,147 --> 02:06:51,729 In. That's the wrong spin, Jimmy. 1603 02:06:51,729 --> 02:06:52,896 It's... Okay. 1604 02:06:53,896 --> 02:06:58,063 - One. One... Get off of my Prada dress, please. 1605 02:06:58,479 --> 02:07:01,521 One, two, three. One, two, three. 1606 02:07:01,521 --> 02:07:02,979 One, two, three. 1607 02:07:02,979 --> 02:07:04,521 One, two, three. 1608 02:07:04,521 --> 02:07:06,021 One, two... Jimmy! 1609 02:07:06,021 --> 02:07:07,604 Prada! The dress is Prada! 1610 02:07:07,604 --> 02:07:09,271 They didn't make Prada back then. 1611 02:07:09,271 --> 02:07:11,021 Fuck you, nigger. 1612 02:07:13,604 --> 02:07:14,646 Billie! 1613 02:07:21,437 --> 02:07:24,478 ♪ All of me ♪ 1614 02:07:24,895 --> 02:07:30,395 ♪ Why not take all of me ♪ 1615 02:07:31,353 --> 02:07:34,937 ♪ Can't you see? ♪ 1616 02:07:34,937 --> 02:07:39,895 ♪ I'm no good without you ♪ 1617 02:07:41,270 --> 02:07:45,062 ♪ Take my lips ♪ 1618 02:07:45,062 --> 02:07:50,894 ♪ I want to lose them ♪ 1619 02:07:51,644 --> 02:07:55,144 ♪ Take my arms ♪ 1620 02:07:55,144 --> 02:08:00,227 ♪ I never use them ♪ 1621 02:08:02,061 --> 02:08:05,894 ♪ Your goodbye ♪ 1622 02:08:05,894 --> 02:08:11,227 ♪ Left me with eyes that cry ♪ 1623 02:08:12,102 --> 02:08:15,601 ♪ How can I ♪ 1624 02:08:15,601 --> 02:08:20,476 ♪ Go on being without you ♪ 1625 02:08:22,185 --> 02:08:26,601 ♪ You took the best ♪ 1626 02:08:26,601 --> 02:08:31,601 ♪ So why not take the rest ♪ 1627 02:08:32,393 --> 02:08:35,310 ♪ Baby ♪ 1628 02:08:35,310 --> 02:08:41,309 ♪ Take all of me ♪ 1629 02:08:49,267 --> 02:08:51,434 ♪ Say, say, say ♪ 1630 02:08:54,767 --> 02:08:57,392 ♪ Say, say, say ♪ 1631 02:09:00,475 --> 02:09:03,059 ♪ Say a prayer for me ♪ 1632 02:09:05,017 --> 02:09:08,599 ♪ Strange fruit come down off that tree ♪ 1633 02:09:10,808 --> 02:09:15,724 ♪ Cut it down under your feet ♪ 1634 02:09:16,308 --> 02:09:19,308 ♪ Juicy fruit so bitter sweet ♪ 1635 02:09:19,308 --> 02:09:22,058 ♪ Fruit stand tall these roots go deep ♪ 1636 02:09:22,058 --> 02:09:24,933 ♪ Strange fruit bussin on these thieves ♪ 1637 02:09:27,808 --> 02:09:30,641 ♪ Ancestors don’t take defeat ♪ 1638 02:09:30,641 --> 02:09:33,308 ♪ Left the scent of victory ♪ 1639 02:09:33,308 --> 02:09:37,723 ♪ In the air, tigress and the tweed ♪ 1640 02:09:40,015 --> 02:09:43,057 ♪ Lentheric ♪ 1641 02:09:43,057 --> 02:09:45,765 ♪ You carry it, I'm tired ♪ 1642 02:09:45,765 --> 02:09:49,723 ♪ Grin and bear it the truth of it is you carry the ♪ 1643 02:09:49,723 --> 02:09:54,307 ♪ Future you and your chariots ♪ 1644 02:09:54,307 --> 02:09:56,557 ♪ Say a prayer ♪ 1645 02:09:59,890 --> 02:10:02,597 ♪ Say, say, say, say ♪ 1646 02:10:05,639 --> 02:10:08,056 ♪ Say, say, say ♪ 1647 02:10:09,222 --> 02:10:11,847 ♪ Say a prayer for me ♪