The United States vs. Billie Holiday

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Release date: March 31, 2021
Duration: 131 minutes
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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."

Starring

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Andra Day
Billie Holiday
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Trevante Rhodes
Jimmy Fletcher
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Garrett Hedlund
Harry Anslinger
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Leslie Jordan
Reginald Lord Devine
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Miss Lawrence
Miss Freddy