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Thread #37248   Message #520146
Posted By: Armen Tanzerian
02-Aug-01 - 11:15 PM
Thread Name: Billie Holiday Documentary
Subject: RE: Billie Holiday Documentary
Amazing how if someone uses a still or some archival footage that Ken Burns has used it becomes "recycling" of his work. All documentarians have to work from the same pool of existant materials. Ken Burns has lots of money to pay for rights, and a stable of fine researchers, but his inclusion of a photo or piece of film doesn't make it any more his than yours or mine.

[Coincidentally, as I write this, I am listening to TSF in Paris over the Web, and they are playing a Billie piece I have never heard called When you're In Love. TSF is a GREAT radio station -- 89.9 FM in Paris -- I recommend it to anyone who loves any form of jazz, blues or gospel. I dearly wish they had something similar here in New England.]