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The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)

131 min · Music · Drama · History

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."

Film

The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)

IMDb6.36.5TMDB131 min

MusicDramaHistory

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."

Director
Lee Daniels

Themes1940s1950sban from professionbiographyfbi agent

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