{"id":8037,"date":"2022-02-18T16:05:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T16:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=8037"},"modified":"2023-07-18T23:17:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T23:17:10","slug":"for-its-50th-anniversary-lady-sings-the-blues-will-screen-in-theaters-across-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/for-its-50th-anniversary-lady-sings-the-blues-will-screen-in-theaters-across-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"For Its 50th Anniversary, \u2018Lady Sings the Blues\u2019 Will Screen In Theaters Across The United States"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/filmforum.org\/do-not-enter-or-modify-or-erase\/client-uploads\/lady-sings-the-blues-thumb-slide-1-black-women.jpg\" alt=\"Film Forum \u00b7 LADY SINGS THE BLUES\" title=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most distinguished Black films of the 20th century, <\/strong><strong><em>Lady Sings the Blues<\/em><\/strong><strong>. To commemorate the occasion, Turner Classics is screening the film in select Regal Cinemas theaters nationwide.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The 1972 film is liberally based on the complicated life of Jazz singer Billie Holiday, her troubled relationship with Louis McKay, and her eventual rise to stardom. Starring Diana Ross as Holiday, <em>Lady Sings the Blues<\/em> is considered a cult classic.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"505\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-18-at-10.17.26-AM-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8039\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-18-at-10.17.26-AM-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-18-at-10.17.26-AM-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screen-Shot-2022-02-18-at-10.17.26-AM-1-768x485.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Holiday, a four-time Grammy award winner, has remained an influential force in music, and her most well-known and impactful song is perhaps \u201cStrange Fruit,\u201d where she remarkably shed light on the impact of lynching on America. The recent biographical drama T<em>he United States vs. Billie Holiday <\/em>dives into the song\u2019s controversy and details Holiday\u2019s struggles with fame and addiction.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Lady Sings the Blues<\/em> will be available to watch in a theater near you on Sunday, February 20th. Purchase a ticket at your local box office, or by visiting <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fathomevents.com\/events\/Lady-Sings-the-Blues-50th-Anniversary-presented-by-TCM?date=2022-02-20&amp;utm_campaign=TCM%3A%20Lady%20Sings%20the%20Blues&amp;utm_source=PR&amp;utm_medium=Press%20Release&amp;utm_content=Press%20Release\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Fathom Events<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most distinguished Black films of the 20th century, Lady Sings the Blues. To commemorate the occasion, Turner Classics is screening the film in select Regal Cinemas theaters nationwide. The 1972 film is liberally based on the complicated life of Jazz singer Billie Holiday, her troubled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[1106,557,1269,31,1268,51],"class_list":["post-8037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","tag-billie-holiday","tag-black-history-month","tag-diana-ross","tag-featured","tag-lady-sings-the-blues","tag-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}