The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
Overview
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."
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 17.947 |
Directed By
Lee Daniels
Crew
Johann Hari
Lee Daniels
Johann Hari
Dennis Stratton
Patty Long
Paolo Nieddu
Jahil Fisher
H.H. Cooper
Simone Sheffield
Salaam Remi
Amanda Ghost
Lynn Fainchtein
Kevin Scott
Hélène Ross
George Parra
Patty Long
Fanny Hudon
Jeremy Green
Jake Meyers
Thomas Westfall
Rodney Alexandre
Tyler Hall
Michael Scherer
Chelsea Jackson
Rodney Alexandre
Jason Conyers
Otis Hopson
Mario Allard
Giovany Arteaga
Hubert Brizard
Drey Demo
Nicola Di Lauro
Claude Gelineau
Ken Joseph
Jean Laplante
Jean-Marc Martel
Daniel Plamondon
François D'Anjou Pomerleau
Peter Purich
Olivier Allard
Carl Beaudoin
Nicolas Cousineau
Maxime Despax
Schadrac Émilica
Sébastien Grenier
Laszlo Koos
Patrice Luneau
Nathan Mignien
Kieran Poile
Jacques Proulx
Jeremy Sandfelder
Charles-Antoine Solis
Félix Larivière-Charron
Vincent Aird
Luc-Eric Duhamel
Guy Pigeon
Simon Théberge
Isabelle Côté
Anne-Marie Giroux
Cecile Braemer
Nutan Khanna
Andrew Dunn
Dany Racine
Soupharak Keoborakoth
Yoann Malnati
Yoann Malnati
Nicolas Marion
Eric Aubin
Isabelle Lauzon
Christian Caperaa
Sylvaine Dufaux
Michel Bernier
Jean-Francois Tousignant
Salome Dufaux-Mathieu
Charles Castonguay
Jean-Francois Landry
Elizabeth Tremblay
Claude La Haye
Francis Péloquin
Thomas Sedillot
Eames Gagnon
Daniel Goyens
Constant Lavallée
Frederic Nivoix
Monica Caballero Moreno
Sébastien Lauzon
Marc Hénaut
Christopher Cadorette
Frederic Moreau
Ryan Faulconbridge
Alain Apollon
Éric Morin
Jeremy Martin
Christine Chu
Daniel Dinel
Rémi Giroux
Joost Clerinx
Martin Landry
Jonathan Barbeau
Simon Hébert
Christian Chabot
Eric Belanger
Thierry Lacombe
Claude Gervais
Alexandra Elkin
Martin Boiteau
Daniel Robidoux
Dominic Prevost
Michael Robidoux
Emile Gonin Robidoux
Stephane St-Pierre
Carmelo Staguitta
Alexandre Dumas
Cedric Arcand
Gabriel Boudrau
Frederic Calve
Guillaume Vidal
Frederic Bilodeau
Jean-François Dubé
Adam Robidoux
Philippe Lacrois
Kathy Ann Thomas
Eva Quintero
Odette Lavigne
Patricia Ferris
Stéphanie-Alexandra Joseph
Myriam Santos
Andre Thomas
Adrienne Williams
Ben Poppleton
Thom Jones
Harris Ellison
Shanna Roberts Salée
Ami Diakité
Brigitte St-Onge
Benoit Thériault
Stephane Desharnais
Jonathan Meunier
Valérie Caron
Martin Roy
Christian Rollin
Ben Clune
Danny Williams
Adam Davis
Ian Malcolm
Tom Di Blasio
Flora Eleftheriou
François Choinière
Benoît Mathieu
Lynne Dauphinee
Andrea Kenyon
Randi Wells
Julie Breton
Melissa Nepton
Simone Leclerc
Olivier Proulx
Andrew Law
Eulalie Gagne
Vidar Neuhof
Vincent Brabant
Sarah-Rose Buchanan
Pascale Deschênes
Geneviève Boivin
Jacques Rajotte
Josée Arsenault
Yves Allard
Marzia Pellissier
Léonie Lavoie
Ariane Leroux-Ringuette
Michèle Laroche
Colin Lavigne
Vincent Morin
Eduardo Santibanez
Julie Baumann
Alexis St-Denis
Martin Leblanc
Joakim Rivest-Girard
Alain Clouâtre
Frédérick Marcil
Jason Sheppard
Elissa Arsenault Soupras
Julyan Chamorro
Julien Bocciarelli
Jimmy Brassard
Stephan McKenzie
Guillaume Murray
Andre Fortin
Etienne Trepanier
Marc Godding
Stacey Godding
Nedra Gribaa
Pat Welch
Katrina Marie Lukaitis
Gigi Duval
Susana Vera
Cristina Carvalho
Deborah Adams
Priscillia Collin
Lynda Goode
Sylvie Théberge
Viriya Say
Laurie-Anne St-Pierre Savard
Sigesmund Moser
Laini Thompson
Catherine Lavoie
Camiel McLean
Lizane La Salle
Sophie Lebeau
Sandra Ruel
Genevieve Bonneau
Chanelle Ouellette
Sherry Hu
Kathy Tse
Caroline Aquin
Vague Vartanian
Charles Gregory Ross
T.A. Henderson
Liliane Saad
Gladys Simard
Sarah Tremblay
Nathalie Garon
Mario Saint-Louis
Martin Lapointe
Marie-Eve Menard
Pascale Royer
Janie Otis
Nathalie Dion
Jerry Asiedu Pipim
Manon Joly
Francoise Lortie
André Duval
Rocco Stallone
Charles Gregory Ross
Bob Kretschmer
Puelo Deir
Takashi Seida
Mirsad Osmanbasic
Thamara Antoine
Josée Juteau
Rejean Brochu
Ann Brochu
Rémi Beaudoin
Richard Cardin
Pablo Figueroa
Marc-André Proulx
Jean-Philippe Silvestro
Reno Hebert
Myriam Tallard
Olya Zarapina
Marc-Antoine Paquet
Éric Brais
Maude Beaunoyer
Jocelyne Hamel
Yan Philie
Claude Saingelain
Péo Chénard
Philippe Gilbert
Michel Robert
John-Sébastien Côté
Joseph Petrucelli
Steve Jordan
Rhiannon Colley
Luc Champagne
Sébastien Paré
Juan Pablo
Natalie Turgeon
Alexis Wiscomb
Michelle Fowler
Mallory Trice
Hughes Winborne
Joe Leonard
Kyle Falcon
Ejon Williamson
Samantha Hernandez
Daniel Tantalean
Dan Schrecker
Daniel Triller
Kelsey Schuyler
Robert Hein
Josh Berger
Robert Hein
Glenfield Payne
Glenfield Payne
Ian Cymore
Dave Paterson
Sylvia Menno
Josh Berger
Kenton Jakub
Ruth Hernandez
Dennis Dembeck
Heikki Kossi
Kari Vähäkuopus
Lars Halvorsen
Bobby Johanson
Michael Rivera
Joel Scheuneman
Georgia Simon
Jen Monnar
Kris Bowers
Max Wrightson
Stephen Kaye
Scott Michael Smith
Edward Trybek
Jonathan Beard
Henri Wilkinson
Fabrizio Mancinelli
Moises Cruz
Rebecca Erbe
Tim Stipan
Nick Nassif
Alain Lachance
Loic Laurelut
Eric Clement
Marie-Claude Lafontaine
Mélissa Massé
Philippe Langlois
Simon Beaupré
Sébastien Chartier
Valérie Dugas
Bryan Hsu
Andris Pakalns
Raphael Valle
Didier Bertrand
Camille Dao
Jessica Francoeur-Ducharme
Maxime Lapointe
Charles Richer
Pierre-David Myles
Jonathan Lancelot
Marc A. Rousseau
Olivier Péloquin
Kristyn Hume
Charles Gregory Ross
Simon Paquin
Eboni Nichols
Pietu Korhonen
Trevor Jones
Lee Daniels
Suzan-Lori Parks
Joe Roth
Jeff Kirschenbaum
H.H. Cooper
Jeremy Allen
Mark Bomback
Marie Cisco
Cassian Elwes
Jordan Fudge
Wellington Love
Hilary Shor
Tucker Tooley
Pamela Oas Williams
Jay Rabinowitz
Leah Daniels-Butler
Billy Hopkins
Ashley Ingram
Daniel T. Dorrance
Carolyne de Bellefeuille
Léa-Valérie Létourneau
Andrew Dunn
Kris Bowers
TOP CAST
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
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Roslyn
Evan Ross
Agent Williams
Tyler James Williams
Lester 'Prez' Young
Tone Bell
John Levy
Blake DeLong
Agent Carter
Dana Gourrier
Sadie
Melvin Gregg
Joe Guy
Erik LaRay Harvey
James Monroe
Ray Shell
Carl The Drummer
Dusan Dukic
Joe Glaser
Koumba Ball
Lucille
Kate MacLellan
Working Class Woman
Kwasi Songui
Working Class Man
Letitia Brookes
Velva
Warren 'Slim' Williams
Bobby Tucker
Orville Thompson
Auditioning Sax Player
Jeff Corbett
Congressman JP Thomas
Damian Joseph Quinn
Roy Cohn
Robert Alan Beuth
Congressman J. Rankin
Randy Davison
Senator J. McCarthy
Kevin Hanchard
Louis Armstrong
Jono Townsend
Guitar Player
Morgan Moore
Bass Player
Arlen John Bonnar
Priest
Furly Mac
Elevator Attendant
Andrew Zadel
Agent McDermott
Tristan D. Lalla
Mr. Jordon Green
Alex Bisping
Bailiff #1
Don Anderson
Judge Ganey
Amanda Strawn
Gloria
Charleine Charles
Shirley
Sylvia Stewart
Stink-Eye Inmate
Daphné Archer
Jail Dishwasher
Anita Lee
Fighting Woman
Tony Chao
Fighting Man
Linda Sauvé
Receptionist
Alain Goulem
Ed Fishman
Ramona Clyke
Miss Mona
Laurent Beaudin
Ed Fishman's Assistant
Alika Autran
Martha Anslinger
Kim Feeney
Lady In Audience
Diana Carmen Ratycz
Carnegie Fan
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