

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."
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- Language
- Mandarin
- war on drugs
- new orleans, louisiana
- jazz singer or musician
- ban from profession
- biography
- surveillance
- heroin addiction
- 1940s
- 1950s
- fbi agent
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United StatesUS
- Digital / OTTRHulu26 Feb 2021
United KingdomGB
- Digital / OTT15Sky Cinema27 Feb 2021
- Physical7 Jun 2021
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical (limited)MA 15+Advance Screenings16 Apr 2021
- TheatricalMA 15+22 Apr 2021
CanadaCA
- TVRSuper Écran 19 Jun 2021
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTT16Prime Video26 Feb 2021
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1514 May 2021
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-162 Jul 2021
FranceFR
- TheatricalTPTous publics avec avertissement2 Jun 2021
- Digital / OTTVOD6 Oct 2021
- PhysicalDVD & Blu-Ray16 Oct 2021
GermanyDE
- Digital / OTT1614 May 2021
GreeceGR
- TheatricalΚ-1510 Jun 2021
ItalyIT
- Theatrical5 May 2022
PolandPL
- Digital / OTT161 Apr 2021
Frequently asked questions
The United States vs. Billie Holiday was released on 31 March 2021.
Audience reviews
3- M3/10
Manuel São Bento
2/22/2021
If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com Even though I love listening to jazz, I've never been to a concert or a club specific to this type of music. Following this train of thought, I didn't know anything about Billie Holiday's real-life story and her tremendous impact not only in the respective musical genre but also in the fight against the government con…
- L6/10
Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
3/9/2021
Jazz musician Billie Holiday is a legend; one of the greatest musicians of all time. Most music fans can name their favorite Holiday tune, but none caused more controversy than her song about black lynching, “Strange Fruit.” Screenwriter Suzan-Lori Parks builds her story (based on the novel by Johann Hari) around the song, one that many people claimed had un-American lyrics and provoked people “in the wrong way.” …
- T1/10
tmdb28039023
8/28/2022
In a scene from The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Billie (Andra Day) is about to sing “Strange Fruit” in concert, which Harry J. Anslinger (Garrett Hedlund), the first commissioner of the US Treasury Department's Federal Bureau of Narcotics, had forbidden her to do. Behind the audience is a row of uniformed policemen. Billie goes straight for the first verse (even though “Strange Fruit” actually features a long i…
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