Tyrone Tony Reed Jr.🎤 “I ain't playing second to nobody!” — Bessie Smith
For Day 23 of #InternationalBlackWomensHistoryMonth, today’s #TonysTimelessThursdays honors Bessie—a fierce portrait of the Empress of the Blues starring Queen Latifah.
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Tony's Timeless Thursdays: Bessie — The Empress of the Blues and the Fight to Be Heard
For the 24th day of International Black Women’s History Month, I’m spotlighting a film that roars with creative fire and historical truth: Bessie (2015). This powerful HBO biopic, directed by Dee Rees and starring the incomparable Queen Latifah, tells the story of one of the most iconic voices in American music—Bessie Smith, the “Empress of the Blues.”