The United States vs. Billie Holiday
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2hrs
11mins
Directed by
Dennis Stratton,
Patty Long,
Lee Daniels,
Cassian Elwes
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Starring
Andra Day,
Trevante Rhodes,
Garrett Hedlund,
Leslie Jordan
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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."