By the time Daniels’ film begins, Holiday has already lived with the success of “Strange Fruit” for nearly a decade. “The core of the story was all on the table: ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’ — not ‘The Billie Holiday Story,’” Parks says. × Billie Holiday singing “Strange Fruit.”Although some details of the relationships have been fictionalized for the film, the actions, indictments, convictions and conspiracies are well documented. I gotta be pretty high to sing that one,” the singer says in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” when a fan requests it during a performance. Andra Day in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” (Photo Credit: Takashi Seida/Hulu)Notably, Anslinger hated the song and used the power of the U.S. government in an attempt to cut her off.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 27, 2021 15:35 UTC