The United States vs. Billie Holiday
3.3 |
2h 11min
Released
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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."
Story
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."
Directors
Lee Daniels, H.H. Cooper, Fanny Hudon, Isabelle Lauzon, Elizabeth Tremblay, Christophe Desjardins, Harris Ellison, Shanna Roberts Salée, Ami Diakité, Lee Daniels, H.H. Cooper,
Writers
Thomas Westfall, Suzan-Lori Parks, Mark Bomback,
Tags
Her voice would not be silenced.
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