The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
Drama
History
Music
6.6 (282 votes)
2h 11m
Overview
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."
Details
- Director
- Lee Daniels
- Writer
- Suzan-Lori Parks
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
Adriane Lenox
Andra Day
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Evan Ross
Garrett Hedlund
Leslie Jordan
Miss Lawrence
Natasha Lyonne
Rob Morgan
Trevante Rhodes
Keywords
1940s
1950s
ban from profession
biography
fbi agent
heroin addiction
jazz singer or musician
new orleans
louisiana
surveillance
war on drugs
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