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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Ana and Paula are woken in the middle of the night by screams. The two sisters believe that something serious has happened to their mother and that their father is responsible. It is estimated that every day in Mexico, 10 women are killed and thousands more go missing. With the rate of femicide soaring, Manuel Antonio Escalante explores the horror that the future seems to promise Mexican girls.
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Ana and Paula are woken in the middle of the night by screams. The two sisters believe that something serious has happened to their mother and that their father is responsible. It is estimated that every day in Mexico, 10 women are killed and thousands more go missing. With the rate of femicide soaring, Manuel Antonio Escalante explores the horror that the future seems to promise Mexican girls.
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Genre:Thriller
Written By:Manuel Antonio Escalante
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