
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
- released:2021-03-31
- genres: Music, Drama, History
- duration:131m
- casts: Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Leslie Jordan, Miss Lawrence
- Country: United States of America
- Production: Lee Daniels Entertainment, Roth-Kirschenbaum Films
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."