The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Her voice would not be silenced.

Genres: Music, Drama, History

Counries: United States of America

Companies: Lee Daniels Entertainment, Roth-Kirschenbaum Films

Runtime: 131 minutes

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."