

The United States vs. Billie Holiday
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."
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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