Behind ‘Strange Fruit,’ Billie Holiday’s Anti-Lynching Anthem
It helped make Holiday a star, but it was written by Abel Meeropol, a teacher in the Bronx. An Oscar nomination and a [...]
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Andra Day Earns a Best Actress Nomination for ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’
“It shouldn’t be an uncomfortable idea that it could be all Black women being represented in this space,” said the star, who’s also [...]
‘Billie’ Review: A Legend, in a Different Light
“Billie” has one of the most unusual and (at least in its initial presentation) disturbing hooks for a documentary in some time. It [...]