The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Her voice would not be silenced.
Mar 31, 2021 2h 11mRMusicDramaHistory
6.5IMDb
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Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans."
- Director
- Lee Daniels
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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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- Release date
- Mar 31, 2021
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- German, English
- Country
- United States of America
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