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The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)

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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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Director
Lee Daniels
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    Billie Holiday Andra Day
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    Jimmy Fletcher Trevante Rhodes
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    Harry Anslinger Garrett Hedlund
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    Reginald Lord Devine Leslie Jordan
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    Miss Freddy Miss Lawrence
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    Mrs. Fletcher Adriane Lenox
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    Tallulah Bankhead Natasha Lyonne
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    Louis McKay Rob Morgan

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  • 1950s
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