The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
Her voice would not be silenced.
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."
Cast
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Andra Day
as Billie Holiday
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Trevante Rhodes
as Jimmy Fletcher
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Garrett Hedlund
as Harry Anslinger
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Leslie Jordan
as Reginald Lord Devine
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Miss Lawrence
as Miss Freddy
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Adriane Lenox
as Mrs. Fletcher
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Natasha Lyonne
as Tallulah Bankhead
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Rob Morgan
as Louis McKay
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Da'Vine Joy Randolph
as Roslyn
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Evan Ross
as Agent Williams
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Tyler James Williams
as Lester 'Prez' Young
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Tone Bell
as John Levy
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Blake DeLong
as Agent Carter
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Dana Gourrier
as Sadie
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Melvin Gregg
as Joe Guy
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Erik LaRay Harvey
as James Monroe
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Ray Shell
as Carl The Drummer
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Dusan Dukic
as Joe Glaser
Crew
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Lee Daniels
Director
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Andrew Dunn
Director of Photography
- Jay Rabinowitz Editor
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Kris Bowers
Original Music Composer
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Lee Daniels
Producer
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Joe Roth
Producer
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Jeff Kirschenbaum
Producer
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Tucker Tooley
Producer
- Jordan Fudge Producer
- Pamela Oas Williams Producer
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Suzan-Lori Parks
Screenplay
