
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
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."
Release Date: 2021-03-31
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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