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The United States vs. Billie Holiday

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

6.5 (318) ·2021 ·131 min ·Movie
Music Drama History

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."

Top 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

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