The United States vs. Billie Holiday
- Movies
- 2021-03-31
- EN
- Released
- 2h 11m
- US
- Music - Drama - History
Production
Lee Daniels Entertainment, Roth-Kirschenbaum Films
Tagline
Her voice would not be silenced.
Storyline
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."