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."| Status: | Released (2021-03-31) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 25 nominations total |
| Screen: | Suzan-Lori Parks, Johann Hari |
| Productions: | Lee Daniels Entertainment, Roth-Kirschenbaum Films |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | 普通话, English, Français, Deutsch, Italiano |
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Casts
- 1658802: Andra Day - Billie Holiday
- 1650301: Trevante Rhodes - Jimmy Fletcher
- 9828: Garrett Hedlund - Harry Anslinger
- 30861: Leslie Jordan - Reginald Lord Devine
- 2129564: Miss Lawrence - Miss Freddy
- 53260: Adriane Lenox - Mrs. Fletcher
- 10871: Natasha Lyonne - Tallulah Bankhead
Crews
- 3013844: Charles-Antoine Solis - Musician - Sound
- 2039098: Nutan Khanna - Clearances Coordinator - Crew
- 2145982: Jean-Francois Tousignant - Second Assistant "C" Camera - Camera
- 2286779: Dennis Stratton - Executive Producer - Production
- 45835: Patty Long - Executive Producer - Production
- 2738832: Chelsea Jackson - Stunts - Crew
- 3013821: Otis Hopson - Stunts - Crew
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Reviews
Manuel São Bento
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If you enjoy reading my Spoiler-Free reviews, please follow my blog @ https://www.msbreviews.com Even though I love listening to jazz, I've never been to a concert or a club specific to this type of music. Following this train of thought, I didn't know anything about Billie Holid ....
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Jazz musician Billie Holiday is a legend; one of the greatest musicians of all time. Most music fans can name their favorite Holiday tune, but none caused more controversy than her song about black lynching, “Strange Fruit.” Screenwriter Suzan-Lori Parks builds her story (based on th ....
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In a scene from The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Billie (Andra Day) is about to sing “Strange Fruit” in concert, which Harry J. Anslinger (Garrett Hedlund), the first commissioner of the US Treasury Department's Federal Bureau of Narcotics, had forbidden her to do. Behind the au ....
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