The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Her voice would not be silenced.

A biographical drama about systemic persecution and artistic resistance, centered on Billie Holiday's struggle against government surveillance and racial oppression during the war on drugs.

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."