Day, who does her own singing -- as Diana Ross did in her 1972 Holiday biopic"Lady Sings the Blues" -- brings poetic provocation to the haunting lyrics that got Billie arrested on stage:"Southern trees bear strange fruit / Blood on the leaves and blood at the root / Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze."Andra Day and Kevin Hanchard appear in a scene from the 2021 film,"The United States vs. Billie Holiday.
It's no accident that the song is referred to as the"musical starting gun for the civil rights movement." And Day's powerful interpretation has a tragically timeless relevance. It seems fitting that Day's biggest hit,"Rise Up," has become an unofficial anthem for the current Black Lives Matter campaign. And"Tigress & Tweed," the stirring new song Day sings in the film, answers"Strange Fruit" on a note of hard-won hope.
Anslinger's persecution of Holiday certainly aggravated her dependence on alcohol and narcotics. But she sang her truth to the end. And it's that courage under fire that Day invests in every note she sings and acts to sheer perfection. In the end,"The United States Vs. Billie Holiday" is exactly what it should be: a tribute to the talent and the spirit of both Lady Days.
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USvsBillie AMAZING PERFORMANCE BY AndraDayMusic , GREAT MOVIE, GREAT CAST‼️‼️‼️ Just 🤯🤯🤯
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THIS'Lady Sang tha Blues'!!!! Oscar worthy!!!!!
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