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
Music
Drama
History
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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

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