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The United States vs. Billie Holiday

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Her voice would not be silenced.

6.54 - voted by 304
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

Andra Day poster

Andra Day

Billie Holiday

Trevante Rhodes poster

Trevante Rhodes

Jimmy Fletcher

Garrett Hedlund poster

Garrett Hedlund

Harry Anslinger

Leslie Jordan poster

Leslie Jordan

Reginald Lord Devine

Miss Lawrence poster

Miss Lawrence

Miss Freddy

Adriane Lenox poster

Adriane Lenox

Mrs. Fletcher

Natasha Lyonne poster

Natasha Lyonne

Tallulah Bankhead

Rob Morgan poster

Rob Morgan

Louis McKay

Da'Vine Joy Randolph poster

Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Roslyn

Evan Ross poster

Evan Ross

Agent Williams

Tyler James Williams poster

Tyler James Williams

Lester 'Prez' Young

Tone Bell poster

Tone Bell

John Levy

Blake DeLong poster

Blake DeLong

Agent Carter

Dana Gourrier poster

Dana Gourrier

Sadie

Melvin Gregg poster

Melvin Gregg

Joe Guy