The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
Release Date
2021-03-31
Rating
7
Duration
131 min
Countries
Keywords
war on drugs new orleans louisiana jazz singer or musician ban from profession biography surveillance heroin addiction 1940s 1950s fbi agent
Qualities
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."
