The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Synopsis

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."

Watch the trailer

When & where

Streaming on

• Hulu↗

Top of the call sheet

• 
  Andra Day
  as Billie Holiday
• 
  Trevante Rhodes
  as Jimmy Fletcher
• 
  Garrett Hedlund
  as Harry Anslinger
• 
  Leslie Jordan
  as Reginald Lord Devine
• 
  Miss Lawrence
  as Miss Freddy
• 
  Adriane Lenox
  as Mrs. Fletcher

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