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The United States vs. Billie Holiday

20212h 11mMusic · Drama · History
directed by Lee Daniels

“Her voice would not be silenced.”

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6.5 / 10
313 votes
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6.3 / 10
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52 / 100
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55%

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Synopsis

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