i can remember watch this movie multiple time with my father . a a young black girl i get it . i have read opinion that criticize the fact that the movie do not focus on the music or the other artist of the time . the point be . . . get ready . it be an autobiographical account of billie life . i can remember see the movie and actually be move to go to the library to check out a book to find out who this lady really be . i think diana do a damn good job put her artistic touch to portray billie life and her struggle and vice and love and yes and her music . the fact be and be that the movie wasn not about billie making of jazz a it be about the struggle of a young black woman with a passion for sing move by segregation and jim crow and have to constantly adjust and reinvent herself to cope in a society that love and hat her all at the same time . heavy . i be not partial to diana ross one way or another . but the lady get skill . and if the emotion she put into play this role wasn not enough to tug at your heartstrings and then you ain not human . some say the film lack non continuity . such be life . i get it . we be make to reflect on where she have be in order to know how she get to be who she be . this movie while of course jazz inspire and musical and be a deep reflection into the crack and fissure that shape a life . billie holiday . i thank my father for his love of good movie and for share movie like and lady sings the blue with me . i be out . peace .