HBO's film on blues singer Bessie Smith starring Queen Latifah will premiere on May 16.
Latifah stars in Bessie as the Empress of the Blues, one of the most successful recording artists of the 1920s. Latifah recorded many of Smith's better-known songs for the film, and a soundtrack release is expected.
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At the winter Television Critics Association press conferences, Latifah said she was glad the project took 22 years to get made. "When the project came my way, I don't think I had the life journey that went along with it. I got to live more of the blues," she said.
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