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.

Sloppy blow jobs are the feature here – with Ace demanding the sloppiest one from Krave before stuffing his other hole. Artist can’t get enough of swole Bamm‘s thick dick. Big, beefy Mustang rods out lusty Krave. Drilla proves he got enough dick to go around as Larenz Taste and D-Low greedily take turns on his impressive member. Izzy, Young Buck, and Artist mix drugs & sex (doesn’t everybody?) for a sweaty party and play.
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.
Desi Arnaz was an innovator in television and Lucille Ball was a sketch comedy clairvoyant of sorts; 'Being the Ricardos' focuses on their genius as a couple, but shies away from the interracial aspect of their marriage.
Ben Affleck leads The Way Back, a seemingly cathartic film for him after the actor’s recent bouts with alcoholism and rehab. He plays Jack, a man fighting his own battles who happens upon coaching a boys’ basketball team, the same team he once played for back in high school.
A few episodes in, I realized the most prominent theme of In The Long Run wasn't culture, race or even finding independence--but the idea of belonging.
Given a choice between a man and a mountain, it’s safer to choose the mountain.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.