Reflecting on 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday'
Lee Daniels’s Billie Holiday biopic The United States vs. Billie Holiday was released on February 26th, 2021, and my immediate reaction to it was one of discomfort.
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A shopping trip gets an unexpected ending, when two utterly unknown men take their measure with social media videos rather than fists.
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A shopping trip gets an unexpected ending, when two utterly unknown men take their measure with social media videos rather than fists.
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Written By:Antti Heikki Pesonen
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Runtime:8 minutes
Studio:Tekele Productions
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