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Andra Day talks transformation in 'United States vs. Billie Holiday'


 the silver screen playing famed jazz singer Billie Holiday.
Directed by Lee Daniels, The United States vs. Billie Holiday (streaming on Hulu Friday) centers on the battle over Holiday performing the song Strange Fruit  in the last 12 years of her life, with Federal Bureau of Narcotics chief Harry Anslinger (Garrett Hedlund) going after the singer using the power of the government – and using a plant named Jimmy Fletcher ( Moonlight star Trevante Rhodes) to do so. 
I was excited as a fan of Billie Holiday’s to be able to vindicate her legacy, Day tells USA TODAY via Zoom about her first major acting role. The Grammy-nominated singer calls Holiday the early godmother of the civil rights movement, adding that in part, her singing Strange Fruit in defiance of the government (is what) reinvigorated the movement.   ....

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