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The United States vs. Billie Holiday
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."
2021 · Directed by Lee Daniels · 131 min · Music · Drama · History · 13 frames
Tagline
Her voice would not be silenced.
Crew
- Screenplay: Suzan-Lori Parks
- Cinematography: Andrew Dunn
- Edited by: Jay Rabinowitz
- Music: Kris Bowers
- Production design: Daniel T. Dorrance
- Produced by: Lee Daniels, Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum, Jordan Fudge
Cast
- Andra Day as Billie Holiday
- Trevante Rhodes as Jimmy Fletcher
- Garrett Hedlund as Harry Anslinger
- Leslie Jordan as Reginald Lord Devine
- Miss Lawrence as Miss Freddy
- Adriane Lenox as Mrs. Fletcher
- Natasha Lyonne as Tallulah Bankhead
- Rob Morgan as Louis McKay
- Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Roslyn
- Evan Ross as Agent Williams
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: Mandarin, English, French, German, Italian
- Studios: Lee Daniels Entertainment, Roth-Kirschenbaum Films
- Themes: war on drugs, new orleans, louisiana, jazz singer or musician, ban from profession, biography, surveillance, heroin addiction, 1940s, 1950s, fbi agent
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