The United States vs. Billie Holiday

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

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2h 11min

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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."
The United States vs. Billie Holiday

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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."

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Directors

Fanny Hudon, H.H. Cooper, Lee Daniels, Elizabeth Tremblay, Isabelle Lauzon, Ami Diakité, Harris Ellison, Christophe Desjardins, Shanna Roberts Salée, Lee Daniels, H.H. Cooper,

Writers

Thomas Westfall, Suzan-Lori Parks, Mark Bomback,

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Her voice would not be silenced.

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