The United States vs. Billie Holiday

The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)

2021-03-31 · 131 min · Rating 6.50/10 (297 votes)

Her voice would not be silenced.

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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1940s 1950s ban from profession biography fbi agent heroin addiction jazz singer or musician new orleans, louisiana surveillance war on drugs

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