The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Her voice would not be silenced.

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."

Director

Lee Daniels

Screenplay

Suzan-Lori Parks

Producer

Lee Daniels

Producer

Joe Roth

Producer

Jeff Kirschenbaum

Producer

Jordan Fudge

Producer

Pamela Oas Williams

Producer

Tucker Tooley