The United States vs. Billie Holiday
131 min
2021
Published on, 1 month ago
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
131 min
2021
6.5
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."
Country
Released
15 Apr, 2021
war on drugs
new orleans, louisiana
jazz singer or musician
ban from profession
surveillance
heroin addiction
1940s
1950s
fbi agent
