The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Name: The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Genre: Music, Drama, History
Released: 2021
Duration: 131 min
Rating: 6.517

2021 · 131 min

Music · Drama · History

★ 6.5

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Trailer

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."

Crew

Director Lee Daniels
Screenplay Suzan-Lori Parks
Director of Photography Andrew Dunn

Cast

Andra Day
Billie Holiday
Trevante Rhodes
Jimmy Fletcher
Garrett Hedlund
Harry Anslinger
Leslie Jordan
Reginald Lord Devine
Miss Lawrence
Miss Freddy
Adriane Lenox
Mrs. Fletcher
Natasha Lyonne
Tallulah Bankhead
Rob Morgan
Louis McKay
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Roslyn
Evan Ross
Agent Williams
Tyler James Williams
Lester 'Prez' Young
Tone Bell
John Levy

Crew

Director — Lee Daniels
Screenplay — Suzan-Lori Parks
Director of Photography — Andrew Dunn

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