Defying the odds against her, Bessie was one of the most successful recording and performing artists in the 1930s. The biopic is directed and written by Dee Rees and follows Bessie’s journey as a blues songstress.

The biopic will premiere on Saturday, May 16th at 8PM on HBO.

 

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