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27/02/2021 (GB)
Music, Drama, History
2h 11m
- 65% (278 votes)
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Her voice would not be silenced.
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."
- Lee DanielsDirector
- Suzan-Lori ParksScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- war on drugs
- new orleans, louisiana
- jazz singer or musician
- ban from profession
- biography
- surveillance
- heroin addiction
- 1940s
- 1950s
- fbi agent
Top Billed Cast
Andra Day
Billie Holiday
Trevante Rhodes
Jimmy Fletcher
Garrett Hedlund
Harry Anslinger
Leslie Jordan
Reginald Lord Devine
Miss Lawrence
Miss Freddy
Adriane Lenox
Mrs. Fletcher
Natasha Lyonne
Tallulah Bankhead
Rob Morgan
Louis McKay
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Roslyn
Evan Ross
Agent Williams
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