understandable, when he's played by the broodingly handsome travanti rhodes, who made such an impactn the moonlight. it reminds them that they're killing us. ironically undercuts the more powerful narrative about holiday's roles of a voice of civil rights activism and the authorities�* desire to silence her by any means necessary. it doesn't help that daniels, who's always been a gleefully unruly director, throws the audience several stylistic cu rve balls. careening wildly from stagey interviews to hallucinatory horrors and audacious musical interludes giving the drama a districtjointed episodic air. what saves the film from falling apart, however, is day, whose performance in the title role is utterly mesmerising. while the movie itself may be chaotic, she keeps it grounded in reality. perfectly capturing the poise in raw power of her character. the united states vs billie holiday is available now on sky cinema. music from one revolutionary musical figure to another, with poly styrene: i am a cliche a moving and engaging documentary presented and co—directed by the punk icon�*s dau