The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
"Her voice would not be silenced."
Title: The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Original Title: The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Release Date: 2021-03-31
Status: Released
Rating: 6.6/10 (from 274 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Music, Drama, History
Production Companies: Lee Daniels Entertainment, Roth-Kirschenbaum Films
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 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
