MOVIE
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
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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Released in 2021, The United States vs. Billie Holiday sits inside the 2020s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 2021-03-31
- Rating
- R
- TMDB score
- 6.5/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United States of America
- Studio
- Lee Daniels Entertainment, Roth-Kirschenbaum Films
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Topicswar on drugsnew orleans, louisianajazz singer or musicianban from professionbiographysurveillanceheroin addiction1940s
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