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Queen Latifah stars as legendary blues singer Bessie Smith in this Golden Globe-nominated and Emmy Award-winning biopic. Contains violence, very strong language, nudity and sexual scenes.

2015 · 1h 52m
Director Dee Rees

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Bessie

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Queen Latifah stars as legendary blues singer Bessie Smith in this Golden Globe-nominated and Emmy Award-winning biopic. Contains violence, very strong language, nudity and sexual scenes.

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Studio
HBO Films
Released
2015
Run Time
1 hr 52 min
Rated
15
Region of Origin
United States
© 2015 Home Box Office, Inc.

Languages

Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English, French
Subtitles

English (United Kingdom) (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.