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."
MusicDramaHistorywar on drugsnew orleans, louisianajazz singer or musicianban from professionbiographysurveillanceheroin addiction1940s1950sfbi agent
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Cast
- Andra DayBillie Holiday
- Trevante RhodesJimmy Fletcher
- Garrett HedlundHarry Anslinger
- Leslie JordanReginald Lord Devine
- Miss LawrenceMiss Freddy
- Adriane LenoxMrs. Fletcher
- Natasha LyonneTallulah Bankhead
- Rob MorganLouis McKay
- Da'Vine Joy RandolphRoslyn
- Evan RossAgent Williams
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- Lee DanielsDirector
- Suzan-Lori ParksScreenplay
- Andrew DunnDirector of Photography
- Kris BowersOriginal Music Composer
- Jay RabinowitzEditor
- Lee DanielsProducer
- Joe RothProducer
- Jeff KirschenbaumProducer
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