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The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)

March 31, 2021 Music, Drama, History 2h 11m

Her voice would not be silenced.

Overview

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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