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The United States vs. Billie Holiday
2021 · Movies · 2h 11m · Drama, History
bittersweet
Major character dies
Downer ending
Addiction or relapse
How it ends
Billie is convicted and dies from substance abuse, but her legacy endures through her music.
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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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Cast
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
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Roslyn
Crew
Dennis Stratton
Executive Producer
Patty Long
Executive Producer
Johann Hari
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Lee Daniels
Producer