Bessie Page #9

Synopsis: The story of legendary blues performer Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
Director(s): Dee Rees
Production: Zanuck Company
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 23 wins & 45 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
89%
TV-MA
Year:
2015
132 min
488 Views


from cross town

Gets full of corn

and starts breaking 'em down

Just at the break of day

You can hear

old Hannah say

Give me a pigfoot

and a bottle of beer

Send me 'gain,

I don't care

I feel just like

I wanna clown

Give the piano player

a drink

Because he's

bringing me down

He's got rhythm, yeah

When he stomps his feet

He sends me

right off to sleep

Check all your razors

and your guns

We gonna be arrested

when the wagon comes

I want a pigfoot

and a bottle of beer

Send me 'cause

I don't care

Play me 'cause

I don't care

Gimme a pigfoot

and a bottle of beer

Send me 'gain,

I don't care

I feel just like

I wanna clown

Give the piano player

a drink

Because he's

bringing me down

He's got rhythm, yeah

When he stomps his feet

He sends me

right off to sleep

Check all your razors

and your guns

Do the shim-sham-shimmy

till the rising sun

Give me a reefer

and a gang o' gin

Play me 'cause

I'm in my sin

Play me 'cause

I'm full of gin.

( music playing )

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Dee Rees

Diandrea "Dee" Rees (born February 7, 1977) is an American screenwriter and director. She is known for her feature films Pariah (2011), Bessie (2015), and Mudbound (2017). The latter was adapted from the 2008 novel by the same name by Hillary Jordan and earned Rees an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. Rees has also written and directed episodes for television series including Empire, When We Rise, and Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams. more…

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