

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."

Billie Holiday

Jimmy Fletcher

Harry Anslinger

Reginald Lord Devine

Miss Freddy

Mrs. Fletcher

Tallulah Bankhead

Louis McKay

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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."

Movie / 1988

Movie / 2014

Movie / 2008

Movie / 1991

Movie / 2018

Movie / 2015

Movie / 2016

Movie / 2018

Movie / 2008

Movie / 2019

Movie / 2011

Movie / 2015

Movie / 2014

Movie / 2025

Movie / 2023

Movie / 2004

Movie / 1985

Movie / 2020

Movie / 1993

Movie / 2003