Lee Daniels’ new film has officially been purchased by Paramount Pictures in an eight-figure deal. “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” is centered around the notorious 50’s Jazz singer Billie Holiday and her fight against racial injustice, anti-lynching, and the feds. The feds ordered Holiday to stop singing her anti-lunch song “Strange Fruit”. After she refused a sting operation ensued.
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