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    Strange Fruit

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    2002     Documentary    
    USA
    57 minutes

    Explores the history and legacy of a song unique in the annals of American music. Best-known from Billie Holiday's haunting 1939 rendition, the song "Strange Fruit" is a harrowing portrayal of the lynching of a black man in the American South. The film tells a dramatic story of America's past by using one of the most influential protest songs ever written as its epicenter.

    Directed byJoel Katz
    Written byJoel Katz

    Featuring

    Dorothy Thigpen
    Milton Gabler
    Abbey Lincoln
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