The United States vs. Billie Holiday

• 6.62
• 2021-03-31
• 131 minutes mins

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."

Starring:

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) Rob Morgan (Louis McKay) Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Roslyn) Evan Ross (Agent Williams)

Director:

Lee Daniels

Writer:

Suzan-Lori Parks