‘The United States Vs. Billie Holiday’: Read The Screenplay By Suzan-Lori Parks About Key Chapter In The Life Of The Jazz Icon
EXCLUSIVE:Â The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Hulu’s dramatic retelling of the “Strange Fruit” singer’s battle against the federal government, originated as a single chapter in Johann Hari’s 2015 book Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs.
When tapped by director Lee Daniels to pen the…