The United States vs. Billie Holiday
“Her voice would not be silenced.”
20212h 11mMusic · Drama · History
Released
March 31, 2021
TMDB Score
65% match · 323 votes
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About the Movie
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."
DirectorLee Daniels
- Released
- March 31, 2021
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Studios
- Lee Daniels Entertainment, Roth-Kirschenbaum Films
Top Billed 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
Rob Morgan
Louis McKay
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Roslyn
Evan Ross
Agent Williams
Tyler James Williams
Lester 'Prez' Young
Tone Bell
John Levy
Blake DeLong
Agent Carter
Dana Gourrier
Sadie
Melvin Gregg
Joe Guy
Erik LaRay Harvey
James Monroe
