The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)2h11
Music · Drama · History
Director Lee Daniels (6.5 avg)
Also directed The Butler, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, The Paperboy, and 2 more
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
Andra Day
Trevante Rhodes
Garrett Hedlund
Leslie Jordan
Miss Lawrence
Adriane Lenox
Natasha Lyonne
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