
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
Rating: 6.5/10
Duration: 131 min
Genres: Drama, Music, History,
Director(s): Lee Daniels,
Description:
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
- Natasha Lyonne as Tallulah Bankhead
- Garrett Hedlund as Harry Anslinger
- Tyler James Williams as Lester 'Prez' Young
- Leslie Jordan as Reginald Lord Devine
- Andra Day as Billie Holiday
- Miss Lawrence as Miss Freddy
- Rob Morgan as Louis McKay
- Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Roslyn
- Dana Gourrier as Sadie
- Trevante Rhodes as Jimmy Fletcher
- Blake DeLong as Agent Carter
- Adriane Lenox as Mrs. Fletcher
- Tone Bell as John Levy
- Evan Ross as Agent Williams
- Melvin Gregg as Joe Guy