Lee Daniels’ ‘The United States Vs. Billie Holiday’ Trailer Looks At The Singer As A Jazz Legend And Civil Rights Leader

Lee Daniels’ ‘The United States Vs. Billie Holiday’ Trailer Looks At The Singer As A Jazz Legend And Civil Rights Leader

Uproxx - News·2021-01-12 07:00

“Strange Fruit” is one of singer Billie Holiday’s most famous songs. Less known is how the “first great protest” anthem also made her a target of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. That story will be told in The United States vs Billie Holiday, the new film from Lee Daniels (Precious, Lee Daniels’ The Butler) starring Andra Day as Holiday.

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