The United States vs. Billie Holiday
2021/03/31 (US) | 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."
Lee Daniels
Director
Suzan-Lori Parks
Screenplay
Lead Cast
Andra Day
Billie Holiday
Trevante Rhodes
Jimmy Fletcher
Garrett Hedlund
Harry Anslinger
Leslie Jordan
Reginald Lord Devine
Miss Lawrence
Miss Freddy
Adriane Lenox
Mrs. Fletcher
Natasha Lyonne
Tallulah Bankhead
Budget
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Revenue
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Status
Released
Production Company
- Lee Daniels Entertainment
- Roth-Kirschenbaum Films
Crews
Charles-Antoine Solis
Musician
Nutan Khanna
Clearances Coordinator
Jean-Francois Tousignant
Second Assistant "C" Camera
Dennis Stratton
Executive Producer
Patty Long
Executive Producer
Chelsea Jackson
Stunts
Otis Hopson
Stunts
Carl Beaudoin
Musician