The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Mar 31, 2021

2h 11m

★ 6.5

Her voice would not be silenced.

Overview

Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."

Genres

Music

Drama

History

Production Companies

Lee Daniels Entertainment

Roth-Kirschenbaum Films

The United States vs. Billie Holiday Trailers

Cast

Billie Holiday

Andra Day

Jimmy Fletcher

Trevante Rhodes

Harry Anslinger

Garrett Hedlund

Reginald Lord Devine

Leslie Jordan

Miss Freddy

Miss Lawrence

Mrs. Fletcher

Adriane Lenox

Tallulah Bankhead

Natasha Lyonne

Louis McKay

Rob Morgan

Roslyn

Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Agent Williams

Evan Ross

Lester 'Prez' Young

Tyler James Williams

John Levy

Tone Bell

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