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The United States vs. Billie Holiday

2021Rating6.5· 131 minMusicDramaHistory

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 & Crew

  • Andra Day

    Andra Day

    Billie Holiday

  • Trevante Rhodes

    Trevante Rhodes

    Jimmy Fletcher

  • Garrett Hedlund

    Garrett Hedlund

    Harry Anslinger

  • Leslie Jordan

    Leslie Jordan

    Reginald Lord Devine

  • Miss Lawrence

    Miss Lawrence

    Miss Freddy

  • Adriane Lenox

    Adriane Lenox

    Mrs. Fletcher

  • Natasha Lyonne

    Natasha Lyonne

    Tallulah Bankhead

  • Rob Morgan

    Rob Morgan

    Louis McKay

  • Da'Vine Joy Randolph

    Da'Vine Joy Randolph

    Roslyn

  • Evan Ross

    Evan Ross

    Agent Williams

  • Tyler James Williams

    Tyler James Williams

    Lester 'Prez' Young

  • Tone Bell

    Tone Bell

    John Levy

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