Plot
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
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
Crew
Lee Daniels
Producer
Joe Roth
Producer
Jeff Kirschenbaum
Producer
Suzan-Lori Parks
Screenplay
Lee Daniels
Director
Tucker Tooley
Producer
Jordan Fudge
Producer
Pamela Oas Williams
Producer
Kris Bowers
Original Music Composer
Andrew Dunn
Director of Photography
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