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."
Title | The United States vs. Billie Holiday |
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Year | 2021 |
Genre | Music, Drama, History |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Lee Daniels Entertainment, Roth-Kirschenbaum Films |
Cast | Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Leslie Jordan, Miss Lawrence, Adriane Lenox |
Crew | Johann Hari (Book), Lee Daniels (Producer), Johann Hari (Executive Producer), Dennis Stratton (Executive Producer), Patty Long (Executive Producer), Paolo Nieddu (Costume Designer) |
Keyword | war on drugs, new orleans, louisiana, jazz singer or musician, ban from profession, biography, surveillance, heroin addiction, 1940s, 1950s, fbi agent |
Release | Mar 31, 2021 |
Runtime | 131 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.60 / 10 by 269 users |