Remembering Billie Holiday

In PROUD, a recurring theme is music. The music of Harlem and Ireland helps set times and places in the story. At the beginning of the film, Lorenzo DuFau, his grandson and his grandson's friends bond over a love of legends like Lester Young, Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday, setting another theme: the connections over generations.

Billie Holiday was born 90 years and Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection, is a two CD/one DVD collection of her performances. Here's a good story about the music and the artist from NPR.