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Lady Sings the Blues : Billie's First Performance

Billie (Diana Ross) performs for the first time at a Harlem club. After receiving a tip from Louis McKay (Billy Dee Williams), she sings "Them There Eyes."

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beat, emotion, beat, event, beat, general, close-up, eyeline match, full shot, long shot, medium close-up, medium long shot, medium shot, music, diegetic, pan, sound effects, tilt, two-shot

Diversity in Media Representation

Black: African-American, LGBTQ: Bisexual Woman:, LGBTQ: Cisgender Female, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man

"Billie's First Performance " in Lady Sings the Blues. Directed by Sidney J. Furie, Weston Productions, 1972, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2692

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