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."
Genres: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Keywords: tmdb.jazz-singer-or-musician, tmdb.biography, tmdb.new-orleans-louisiana, tmdb.war-on-drugs, tmdb.ban-from-profession, tmdb.surveillance, tmdb.heroin-addiction + 59 more, tmdb.1940s, tmdb.1950s, tmdb.fbi-agent, mdblist.has-trailer, mdblist.rotten, mdblist.hulu-original, imdb.jazz-singer, imdb.racism, imdb.female-nudity, imdb.based-on-true-story, imdb.lynching, imdb.male-nudity, imdb.male-rear-nudity, imdb.nudity, imdb.lesbian-relationship, imdb.bisexual, imdb.lesbian-interest, imdb.bisexual-interest, imdb.lgbt-interest, imdb.lesbian-affair, imdb.undercover, imdb.substance-abuse, imdb.war-on-drugs, imdb.segregation, imdb.heroin, imdb.censorship, imdb.civil-rights, imdb.addiction, imdb.bereavement, imdb.dysfunctional-relationship, imdb.dog-lover, imdb.concert, imdb.entrapment, imdb.drug-addiction, imdb.jazz-music, imdb.1940s, imdb.1950s, imdb.singer, imdb.federal-bureau-of-narcotics, imdb.billie-holiday-character, imdb.new-york-city, imdb.federal-agent, imdb.strange-fruit, imdb.cafe-society, imdb.harry-anslinger-character, imdb.roy-cohn-character, imdb.tallulah-bankhead-character, imdb.philadelphia-pennsylvania, imdb.prison, imdb.baltimore-maryland, imdb.gay-man, imdb.sex-scene, imdb.hospital, imdb.female-frontal-nudity, imdb.female-rear-nudity, imdb.woman-forced-to-strip, awards.oscar-nominated, awards.golden-globe-winner, awards.golden-globe-nominated
Watch Providers: Hulu
Production companies: Lee Daniels Entertainment, New Slate Ventures, RK films, Sierra / Affinity
Country: United States
Languages:
English,
French,
German,
Italian,
Mandarin
