The United States vs. Billie Holiday

March. 31,2021      R
Rating:
6.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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."

Andra Day as  Billie Holiday
Trevante Rhodes as  Jimmy Fletcher
Garrett Hedlund as  Harry Anslinger
Leslie Jordan as  Reginald Lord Devine
Miss Lawrence as  Miss Freddy
Adriane Lenox as  Mrs. Fletcher
Natasha Lyonne as  Tallulah Bankhead
Rob Morgan as  Louis McKay
Da'Vine Joy Randolph as  Roslyn
Evan Ross as  Agent Williams

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