The United States vs. Billie Holiday
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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Director: Ami Diakité, Elizabeth Tremblay, Fanny Hudon, H.H. Cooper, Harris Ellison, Lee Daniels, Shanna Roberts Salée
Actors: Adriane Lenox, Andra Day, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Evan Ross, Garrett Hedlund, Leslie Jordan, Miss Lawrence, Natasha Lyonne, Rob Morgan, Trevante Rhodes