The United States vs. Billie Holiday

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

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The United States vs. Billie Holiday

DIRECTED BYLee Daniels131mins2021

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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