The United States vs. Billie Holiday poster

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

2021·131'

Lee Daniels

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★ 6.5

Letterboxd TMDB #566076

Her voice would not be silenced.

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 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

Screenings in Brussels

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