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."
DirectorLee Daniels
ProducersLee Daniels, Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum, Tucker Tooley, Jordan Fudge, Pamela Oas Williams
ScreenplaySuzan-Lori Parks
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LanguageMandarin, English, French, German, Italian
Production companiesLee Daniels Entertainment, Roth-Kirschenbaum Films
Homepagehttps://www.hulu.com/movie/the-united-states-vs-billie-holiday-6f7be3b0-69c5-49ab-8472-2b5b1dabcfe8
TaglineHer voice would not be silenced.
