Cesar Chavez Day replay special: Films on Billie Holiday, ‘9 to 5,’ Bee Gees

Billie Holiday (Andra Day) and Louis Armstrong (Kevin Hanchard) in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.”

Billie Holiday (Andra Day) and Louis Armstrong (Kevin Hanchard) in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.” Photo by Takashi Seida/Hulu.

On this Cesar Chavez Day, Press Play revisits some of our favorite interviews with filmmakers from the year so far. Director Lee Daniels shares his movie about the FBI’s fight against singer Billie Holiday over her song “Strange Fruit.” One documentary looks at the real women who inspired the movie “9 To 5.” Another documentary celebrates how the Bee Gees rocketed to fame. 

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Credits

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Angie Perrin, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Rosalie Atkinson, Brian Hardzinski, Bennett Purser