Lady Sings the Blues(1972)

new york city

brothel

jazz singer or musician

mental breakdown

biography

addiction

rape victim

tour bus

racism

based on memoir or autobiography

period drama

drug overdose

music history

lynching

dying young

black singer

withdrawal

heroin addict

nightclub singer

blues music

billie holiday

harlem, new york city

carnegie hall

rise to fame

wayward girl

death of a musician

music tour

1940s

somber

1930s

following one's dream

desperate

former prostitute

period film

straight jacket

cautionary

black woman

cultural icon

woman's story

disheartening

powerful

woman musician

deep south racism

kkk rally