- Year: 2021
- Running time: 2h 11m
- Rated: R
- Genre: Music, Drama, History
- US release: 2021
- Official website
- IMDb
The United States vs Billie Holiday
Her voice would not be silenced.
Directed by Lee Daniels
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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."
Cast
Andra DayBillie Holiday
Trevante RhodesJimmy Fletcher
Garrett HedlundHarry Anslinger
Leslie JordanReginald Lord Devine
Miss LawrenceMiss Freddy
Adriane LenoxMrs. Fletcher
Natasha LyonneTallulah Bankhead
Rob MorganLouis McKay
Da'Vine Joy RandolphRoslyn
Evan RossAgent Williams
Crew
Lee DanielsDirector
Suzan-Lori ParksScreenplay
Jay RabinowitzEditor
Andrew DunnDirector of Photography
Kris BowersComposer
Studios: Lee Daniels Entertainment, Roth-Kirschenbaum Films
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