The United States Vs. Billie Holiday Here

: Unable to legally stop her from singing, the government uses Holiday’s struggles with heroin addiction as a pretext to arrest and discredit her. The Undercover Operation

, chief of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, views the song as politically threatening and "un-American". The United States vs. Billie Holiday

The story of the 2021 biopic follows legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics in a years-long effort to silence her. The Core Conflict: "Strange Fruit" : Unable to legally stop her from singing,

: Fletcher disguises himself to witness her drug use, leading to her arrest and a one-year prison sentence in 1947. The United States vs. Billie Holiday