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The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)

The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)

R 131 minutes EN Music , Drama , History
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."
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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
Evan Ross
Agent Williams
Tyler James Williams
Lester 'Prez' Young
Tone Bell
John Levy

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Clearances Coordinator
Second Assistant "C" Camera
Stunts
Musician
Musician
Camera Loader
Production companies: Lee Daniels Entertainment, Roth-Kirschenbaum Films
Production countries: United States of America

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