The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
- Directed by
- Lee Daniels
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 06m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 314 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The film follows the life of singer Billie Holiday as she faces harassment from the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. It shows her career and personal struggles under the shadow of government persecution.
somberbiographicalintimatetensemelancholicperiodemotionalfocused
What happens
The United States vs. Billie Holiday is a 2021 American biographical drama film about singer Billie Holiday. Directed by Lee Daniels, the film stars Andra Day in the title role, along with Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Leslie Jordan (in his final film appearance), Miss Lawrence, Adriane Lenox, Natasha Lyonne, Rob Morgan, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Evan Ross, and Tyler James Williams. The screenplay by Suzan-Lori Parks is partly based on the 2015 book Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari. Initially set to be released theatrically in the United States by Paramount Pictures, the film was sold to Hulu in December 2020 and digitally released in the United States on February 26, 2021. The United States vs. Billie Holiday received mixed reviews from critics; while Day's performance was praised, the direction and screenplay were criticized as unfocused. For her performance, Day was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. The film was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song ("Tigress and Tweed") and the soundtrack won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, for Andra Day, Salaam Remi, and Lynn Fainchtein. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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