Lee Daniels (The Butler, Precious) directs the story of the immortal jazz legend Billie Holiday and her tireless fight against black oppression. The powerful-voiced Andra Day is convincing as Holiday. Well-deserved reward: the Golden Globe for Best Actress and an Oscar nomination! Fans all over the world love Billie Holiday's music and adore the exceptional artist, but at the same time she becomes the victim of an undercover operation by the US Drug Enforcement Administration led by Harry Anslinger. The operation is led by agent Jimmy Fletcher, who is infiltrated into Holiday's entourage. However, she is not targeted by the state because of her heroin use, but because of her anti-racist song "Strange Fruit": the government wants to use all means to prevent Holiday from performing the controversial, heartbreaking song at her concerts and thus incite the black population. This plan comes to a halt, however, when Fletcher begins a turbulent affair with Holiday.