The United States vs. Billie Holiday
2021 · 2h 11m · Drama, History, Music · United States of America · Rated R (US)
Her voice would not be silenced.
Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."
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Lee DanielsWritten by
Suzan-Lori Parks6.4Smart score
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1940s1950sban from professionbiographyfbi agentheroin addictionjazz singer or musiciannew orleans, louisianasurveillancewar on drugs
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