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    The United States vs. Billie Holiday

    The United States vs. Billie Holiday

    "Her voice would not be silenced."

    2021

    2:11:06

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    The United States vs. Billie Holiday

    Genre

    Music
    Drama
    History

    Plot

    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

    Writers

    Johann Hari, Suzan-Lori Parks,

    Stars

    Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Leslie Jordan, Miss Lawrence,