The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)

03/31/2021 (US) • 2h 11m

Music, Drama, History

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."

Top Billed 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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

war on drugs

new orleans, louisiana

jazz singer or musician

ban from profession

biography

surveillance

heroin addiction

1940s

1950s

fbi agent

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