The United States vs. Billie Holiday

March 31, 2021 • Music, Drama, History

Runtime: 2h 11m•Mandarin

Rated R

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."