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Bessie : Bessie's Breakthrough

Bessie (Queen Latifah) makes her breakthrough performance, overshadowing Ma Rainey (Mo'Nique) during a show. This causes a fight between the two and Bessie leaves to start her own act.

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ambient sound , beat, action, beat, emotion, beat, event, costume, dialogue, diegetic sound, dolly shot, full shot, hard lighting, key light, long shot, medium close-up, medium shot, music, diegetic, music, nondiegetic, over the shoulder shot, pan, performance, shallow focus, shot/reverse shot, sound advance, sound effects, tilt, two-shot

Diversity in Media Representation

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

"Bessie's Breakthrough" in Bessie. Directed by Dee Rees, The Zanuck Company, 2015, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2919

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user Alexana Dubois

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