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.

Amidst a brutal civil war in Brazil, a couple seeks to start a new life in a house deep in the woods. But their dreams of tranquility are shattered when they discover a hanged body, turning their sanctuary into a horrifying nightmare.
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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