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: Queen Latifah (Executive Producer), Lili Fini Zanuck (Executive Producer), Michael T. Boyd (Costume Design), Shelby Stone (Executive Producer), Billy Hopkins (Casting), Drew Monahan (Art Direction)
Runtime: 107 minutes
Release: May 16, 2015
IMDb: 6.30/10 by 126 users
Popularity: 1
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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