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The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Year
2021
Director
Lee Daniels
Runtime
131 min
Genre
Music, Drama, History
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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."

Festival record

  • LFF 21
  • CAN 21

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Cast

  • Andra DayBillie Holiday
  • Trevante RhodesJimmy Fletcher
  • Garrett HedlundHarry Anslinger
  • Leslie JordanReginald Lord Devine
  • Miss LawrenceMiss Freddy
  • Adriane LenoxMrs. Fletcher
  • Natasha LyonneTallulah Bankhead
  • Rob MorganLouis McKay
  • Da'Vine Joy RandolphRoslyn
  • Evan RossAgent Williams

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