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The United States vs. Billie Holiday
2021Directed by Lee Daniels2h 11m
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."
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- 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
- Tyler James Williams as Lester 'Prez' Young
- Tone Bell as John Levy
- Blake DeLong as Agent Carter
- Dana Gourrier as Sadie
- Melvin Gregg as Joe Guy
- Erik LaRay Harvey as James Monroe
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