follows her efforts to evade the federal government, who targeted her in the early Forties in order to escalate and racialize the war on drugs. As seen in the trailer, the feds even intervened during one of Holiday’s performances of her controversial ballad “Strange Fruit,” which described the violent history of lynching in the United States.
“Whether you are new to the story and legacy of Billie Holiday or know every note she ever sang, I do hope our celebration of this complex woman does justice to a great musical legend and civil rights activist whose artistry resonates as well today, as it did 80 years ago,” directorsaid in a statement.
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