2021
6.5 (279 votes)
2h 11m
Official Website
Genres
Music
Drama
History
Production Companies
Lee Daniels Entertainment
Roth-Kirschenbaum Films
Roth-Kirschenbaum Films
The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Her voice would not be silenced.
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."
Key Crew
Producer: Lee Daniels, Joe Roth, Jeff Kirschenbaum, Jordan Fudge, Tucker Tooley, Pamela Oas Williams
Director: Lee Daniels
Screenplay: Suzan-Lori Parks
Director of Photography: Andrew Dunn
Top Cast
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
Videos
The United States vs. Billie Holiday - Trailer (Official) • A Hulu Original
