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The United States vs. Billie Holiday

2021 · 2h 11m · Music, Drama, History

Her voice would not be silenced.

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."

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Cast

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

Details

Director

Lee Daniels

Released

March 31, 2021

Runtime

2h 11m

Genres

Music, Drama, History

Studio

Lee Daniels Entertainment and Roth-Kirschenbaum Films

Status

Released

TMDB score

6.5 / 10 from 323 votes