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 | 8.764 |
Directed By
Lee Daniels
Crew
Charles-Antoine Solis
Nutan Khanna
Jean-Francois Tousignant
Dennis Stratton
Patty Long
Chelsea Jackson
Otis Hopson
Carl Beaudoin
Maxime Despax
Christian Caperaa
Paolo Nieddu
Patty Long
Rodney Alexandre
Laszlo Koos
Amanda Ghost
Nicolas Cousineau
Jacques Proulx
Johann Hari
Hélène Ross
Jean Laplante
Lee Daniels
Thomas Westfall
Kieran Poile
H.H. Cooper
Ken Joseph
Jason Conyers
Daniel Plamondon
François D'Anjou Pomerleau
Schadrac Émilica
Sébastien Grenier
Salaam Remi
Tyler Hall
Patrice Luneau
Simone Sheffield
Jake Meyers
Nicola Di Lauro
Claude Gelineau
Jean-Marc Martel
Peter Purich
Olivier Allard
Nathan Mignien
Hubert Brizard
Salome Dufaux-Mathieu
Thomas Sedillot
Eames Gagnon
George Parra
Fanny Hudon
Jeremy Green
Rodney Alexandre
Johann Hari
Jahil Fisher
Lynn Fainchtein
Kevin Scott
Michael Scherer
Mario Allard
Giovany Arteaga
Drey Demo
Vincent Aird
Anne-Marie Giroux
Constant Lavallée
Félix Larivière-Charron
Simon Théberge
Eric Aubin
Soupharak Keoborakoth
Yoann Malnati
Elizabeth Tremblay
Francis Péloquin
Guy Pigeon
Sylvaine Dufaux
Daniel Goyens
Frederic Nivoix
Charles Castonguay
Cecile Braemer
Nicolas Marion
Isabelle Lauzon
Michel Bernier
Monica Caballero Moreno
Jean-Francois Landry
Isabelle Côté
Yoann Malnati
Jeremy Sandfelder
Luc-Eric Duhamel
Andrew Dunn
Dany Racine
Claude La Haye
Jean-François Dubé
Patricia Ferris
Rémi Giroux
Marc Hénaut
Claude Gervais
Michael Robidoux
Emile Gonin Robidoux
Éric Morin
Christine Chu
Daniel Dinel
Simon Hébert
Ben Poppleton
Brigitte St-Onge
Alexandre Dumas
Danny Williams
Christopher Cadorette
Dominic Prevost
Joost Clerinx
Martin Landry
Eric Belanger
Stephane St-Pierre
Frederic Bilodeau
Stephane Desharnais
Valérie Caron
Martin Roy
Flora Eleftheriou
Guillaume Vidal
Adam Robidoux
Ben Clune
Frederic Moreau
Daniel Robidoux
Carmelo Staguitta
Kathy Ann Thomas
Benoit Thériault
Cedric Arcand
Andre Thomas
Alexandra Elkin
Alain Apollon
Jonathan Barbeau
Christian Chabot
Odette Lavigne
Martin Boiteau
Gabriel Boudrau
Eva Quintero
Adrienne Williams
Thom Jones
Adam Davis
Ian Malcolm
Michèle Laroche
Colin Lavigne
Eduardo Santibanez
Alexis St-Denis
Stacey Godding
Chanelle Ouellette
Gladys Simard
Sarah Tremblay
Frederic Calve
Shanna Roberts Salée
Randi Wells
Julyan Chamorro
Guillaume Murray
Nedra Gribaa
Julie Breton
Sarah-Rose Buchanan
Frédérick Marcil
Philippe Lacrois
Stéphanie-Alexandra Joseph
Myriam Santos
Christian Rollin
Vidar Neuhof
Yves Allard
Alain Clouâtre
Pat Welch
Katrina Marie Lukaitis
Andrew Law
Jacques Rajotte
Ariane Leroux-Ringuette
Stephan McKenzie
Benoît Mathieu
Lynne Dauphinee
Harris Ellison
Tom Di Blasio
Eulalie Gagne
Pascale Deschênes
Marzia Pellissier
François Choinière
Melissa Nepton
Olivier Proulx
Vincent Brabant
Josée Arsenault
Léonie Lavoie
Julie Baumann
Joakim Rivest-Girard
Jason Sheppard
Jimmy Brassard
Rocco Stallone
Jean-Philippe Silvestro
Claude Saingelain
Gigi Duval
Mario Saint-Louis
Kelsey Schuyler
Catherine Lavoie
Kathy Tse
Caroline Aquin
André Duval
Josée Juteau
Reno Hebert
Luc Champagne
Juan Pablo
Francoise Lortie
Mirsad Osmanbasic
Richard Cardin
Jerry Asiedu Pipim
Rémi Beaudoin
Yan Philie
John-Sébastien Côté
Susana Vera
Sigesmund Moser
Sophie Lebeau
Martin Lapointe
Pascale Royer
Nathalie Dion
Lynda Goode
Sandra Ruel
Janie Otis
Marc-André Proulx
Camiel McLean
Nathalie Garon
Marie-Eve Menard
Philippe Gilbert
Cristina Carvalho
Laurie-Anne St-Pierre Savard
T.A. Henderson
Marc-Antoine Paquet
Jocelyne Hamel
Sylvie Théberge
Viriya Say
Maude Beaunoyer
Péo Chénard
Genevieve Bonneau
Sherry Hu
Charles Gregory Ross
Manon Joly
Myriam Tallard
Éric Brais
Hughes Winborne
Ruth Hernandez
Scott Michael Smith
Tim Stipan
Marie-Claude Lafontaine
Ian Cymore
Philippe Langlois
Sébastien Lauzon
Olya Zarapina
Joseph Petrucelli
Daniel Tantalean
Michael Rivera
Jeremy Martin
Jonathan Meunier
Josh Berger
Henri Wilkinson
Loic Laurelut
Rhiannon Colley
Joe Leonard
Mélissa Massé
Bob Kretschmer
Puelo Deir
Moises Cruz
Nick Nassif
Michelle Fowler
Ejon Williamson
Glenfield Payne
Glenfield Payne
Max Wrightson
Rebecca Erbe
Kyle Falcon
Daniel Triller
Dennis Dembeck
Edward Trybek
Natalie Turgeon
Mallory Trice
Dave Paterson
Jen Monnar
Robert Hein
Lars Halvorsen
Joel Scheuneman
Kris Bowers
Sébastien Paré
Kenton Jakub
Steve Jordan
Alexis Wiscomb
Samantha Hernandez
Robert Hein
Bobby Johanson
Georgia Simon
Jonathan Beard
Fabrizio Mancinelli
Eric Clement
Simon Beaupré
Ami Diakité
Andrea Kenyon
Simone Leclerc
Julien Bocciarelli
Andre Fortin
Vincent Morin
Martin Leblanc
Etienne Trepanier
Laini Thompson
Lizane La Salle
Ann Brochu
Liliane Saad
Charles Gregory Ross
Dan Schrecker
Josh Berger
Sylvia Menno
Alain Lachance
Stephen Kaye
Ryan Faulconbridge
Thierry Lacombe
Geneviève Boivin
Elissa Arsenault Soupras
Marc Godding
Deborah Adams
Priscillia Collin
Vague Vartanian
Takashi Seida
Thamara Antoine
Rejean Brochu
Pablo Figueroa
Michel Robert
Heikki Kossi
Kari Vähäkuopus
Pierre-David Myles
Camille Dao
Jessica Francoeur-Ducharme
Olivier Péloquin
Valérie Dugas
Maxime Lapointe
Didier Bertrand
Kristyn Hume
Charles Richer
Charles Gregory Ross
Sébastien Chartier
Jonathan Lancelot
Raphael Valle
Bryan Hsu
Andris Pakalns
Marc A. Rousseau
Simon Paquin
Eboni Nichols
Pietu Korhonen
Trevor Jones
Joe Roth
Lee Daniels
Suzan-Lori Parks
Jeff Kirschenbaum
H.H. Cooper
Jay Rabinowitz
Jordan Fudge
Ashley Ingram
Léa-Valérie Létourneau
Pamela Oas Williams
Wellington Love
Carolyne de Bellefeuille
Marie Cisco
Cassian Elwes
Tucker Tooley
Billy Hopkins
Jeremy Allen
Mark Bomback
Hilary Shor
Leah Daniels-Butler
Daniel T. Dorrance
Kris Bowers
Andrew Dunn
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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