Bessie
Trailer: Bessie
Year: 2015
Studio: The Zanuck Company, Flavor Unit Entertainment, HBO Films
Director: Dee Rees
Cast: Queen Latifah, Mo'Nique, Mike Epps, Tika Sumpter, Michael Kenneth Williams, Charles S. Dutton
Crew: Shakim Compere (Executive Producer), Hallie Foote (Co-Executive Producer), Randi Michel (Executive Producer), Queen Latifah (Executive Producer), Ron Schmidt (Producer), Shelby Stone (Executive Producer)
Runtime: 107 minutes
Release: May 16, 2015
IMDb: 6.36/10 by 127 users
Popularity: 1
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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