

The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
6.539 ?
Mar 31, 2021
Music, Drama, History
2h 11m
Overview
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."
Overview
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."

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