The United States vs. Billie Holiday

from Lee Daniels

with Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Leslie Jordan, Adriane Lenox, Natasha Lyonne, Rob Morgan, Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Synopsis Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940's, 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."