The United States vs. Billie Holiday poster
Director Lee Daniels
Screenplay Suzan-Lori Parks

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Tagline: Her voice would not be silenced.

Release Date: 2021-03-31

Duration: 131 minutes

Synopsis

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."

Casting

  • Tyler James Williams
    Lester 'Prez' Young
  • Natasha Lyonne
    Tallulah Bankhead
  • Trevante Rhodes
    Jimmy Fletcher
  • Rob Morgan
    Louis McKay
  • Garrett Hedlund
    Harry Anslinger
  • Evan Ross
    Agent Williams
  • Da'Vine Joy Randolph
    Roslyn
  • Leslie Jordan
    Reginald Lord Devine
  • Erik LaRay Harvey
    James Monroe
  • Dana Gourrier
    Sadie

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