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NR,1hr 31min
Genre:
Documentary
Released:
August 15, 2008
Distributor:
Palm Pictures
Starring:
Anita O'Day, Amy Albany, Buddy Bregman  ... More
Synopsis: The world lost the defiantly unpredictable, trend-busting bop vocalist Anita O'Day in November 2006, to dementia and pneumonia. A year or so prior, documentarians Ian McCrudden and Robbie Cavolina (perhaps foreseeing this loss) set out to create the definitive film portrait of the chanteuse, entitled Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer. This biography recounts O'Day's life story by intercutting archival performance footage of the vocalist with fond reminiscences from friends and colleagues and ... Full Synopsis
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Stephen Holden, The New York Times
How was this careless, self-destructive human rhythm machine able to outlast almost all her peers? Maybe the vitality of the jazz she made kept her alive. She was one tough lady. Read Review
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