The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
Her voice would not be silenced.
Genre : Music, Drama, History
Runtime : 2H 11M
Director : Lee Daniels
Writer : Suzan-Lori Parks
Synopsis
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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