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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."
March 31, 2021
Lee Daniels Entertainment, Roth-Kirschenbaum Films
69 people
Andra Day
Billie Holiday
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Trevante Rhodes
Jimmy Fletcher
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Garrett Hedlund
Harry Anslinger
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Leslie Jordan
Reginald Lord Devine
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Miss Lawrence
Miss Freddy
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Adriane Lenox
Mrs. Fletcher
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Natasha Lyonne
Tallulah Bankhead
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Rob Morgan
Louis McKay
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Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Roslyn
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Evan Ross
Agent Williams
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Tyler James Williams
Lester 'Prez' Young
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Tone Bell
John Levy
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