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The United States vs. Billie Holiday

2021 2h 11m

6.5 / 10

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  • Music
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  • History

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."