The United States vs. Billie Holiday
The United States vs. Billie Holiday is a 2021 American biographical drama film about singer Billie Holiday, based on the book Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari. Directed by Lee Daniels, the film stars Andra Day in the title role, along with Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Leslie Jordan (in his final film appearance), Miss Lawrence, Adriane Lenox, Natasha Lyonne, Rob Morgan, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Evan Ross, and Tyler James Williams.
Plot
In 1957, Billie Holiday meets with a radio journalist, Reginald Lord Devine, for an interview. He asks her what it is like to be a "colored woman" and about the trouble she keeps getting into because of her hit song "Strange Fruit". Billie says it is about human rights, something the government often forgets.
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author | Suzan-Lori Parks |
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director | Lee Daniels |
editor | Jay Rabinowitz |
events | Billie Holiday |
genre | drama |
keywords | carnegie hall color drug use fbn federal bureau of narcotics frame harry j. anslinger heroin human rights joe glaser joe guy lester young sing strange fruit |
musicBy | Christopher Gunning |
producer | Jeff Kirschenbaum Joe Roth Jordan Fudge Lee Daniels Pamela Oas Williams Tucker Tooley |
productionCompany | Lee Daniels Entertainment New Slate Ventures |
publisher | Hulu |
theme | biographical biographical drama |