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Lady Sings the Blues : Billie Performs at Carnegie Hall

In an attempt to earn her Cabaret Card back after her drug conviction, Billie (Diana Ross) performs at Carnegie Hall.

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beat, event, beat, general, close-up, full shot, long shot, medium close-up, medium shot, music, diegetic, music, nondiegetic, pan, sound advance, sound effects, superimposition, tilt, tracking shot, zoom-out

Diversity in Media Representation

Black: African-American, LGBTQ: Bisexual Woman:, LGBTQ: Cisgender Female

"Billie Performs at Carnegie Hall" in Lady Sings the Blues. Directed by Sidney J. Furie, Weston Productions, 1972, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2696

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