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The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Her voice would not be silenced.

20212h 11mR 6.5/ 10

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

  • Andra DayBillie Holiday
  • Trevante RhodesJimmy Fletcher
  • Garrett HedlundHarry Anslinger
  • Leslie JordanReginald Lord Devine
  • Miss LawrenceMiss Freddy
  • Adriane LenoxMrs. Fletcher
  • Natasha LyonneTallulah Bankhead
  • Rob MorganLouis McKay
  • Da'Vine Joy RandolphRoslyn
  • Evan RossAgent Williams
  • Tyler James WilliamsLester 'Prez' Young
  • Tone BellJohn Levy
  • Blake DeLongAgent Carter
  • Dana GourrierSadie
  • Melvin GreggJoe Guy
  • Erik LaRay HarveyJames Monroe

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