Synopsis
The legendary Billie Holiday, one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time, spent much of her career being adored by fans across the globe. Beginning in the 1940’s in New York City, the federal government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to escalate and racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial and heart-wrenching ballad, “Strange Fruit.”
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Movie Details
| Spain Releases: | April 2nd, 2021 (Wide), released as Los Estados Unidos contra Billie Holiday |
| Video Release: | February 26th, 2021 by Hulu |
| MPAA Rating: | R for strong drug content, sexual content, nudity, language throughout, some lynching images and violence. (Rating bulletin 2670 (cert #52968), 3/3/2021) |
| Running Time: | 130 minutes |
| Keywords: | Jazz, Biographical Drama, Biography, 1940s, Singers, African Americans, Relationships Gone Wrong |
| Source: | Based on Real Life Events |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Dramatization |
| Production/Financing Companies: | New Slate Ventures, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Roth Kirschenbaum Films, Hulu |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English |