Lee Daniels' 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday' Hits Italian Cinemas

The film 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday,' directed by Lee Daniels and written by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks, is now screening in Italian cinemas. It portrays Billie Holiday's defiance against white American hierarchy through her music and her role as a civil rights activist. The narrative focuses on the 1940s, when the U.S. federal government targeted Holiday in a drug war, aiming to silence her performance of 'Strange Fruit,' a protest song against lynchings. Andra Day won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for her portrayal of Holiday. The film also stars Trevante Rhodes. It has been distributed by BIM and is in theaters from May 5.