Andra Day
Billie Holiday
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Feb 26, 2021 · A biographical drama about the legendary jazz singer and her struggle with racism and drug addiction. Starring Andra Day as Billie Holiday, Trevante Rhodes as her lover and Garrett Hedlund as her nemesis.
- (14K)
- Biography, Drama, Music
- Lee Daniels
- 2021-02-26
The United States vs. Billie Holiday is a 2021 American biographical drama film about singer Billie Holiday, based on the book Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari. Directed by Lee Daniels, the film stars Andra Day in the title role, along with Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Leslie Jordan (in his ...
- February 26, 2021 (United States)
- Kris Bowers
A biopic of the jazz singer Billie Holiday, starring Andra Day as the iconic artist. The movie explores her struggles with addiction, fame and love, as well as her legal battles with the Federal Department of Narcotics.
- (270)
- Lee Daniels
- R
- Andra Day
Feb 25, 2021 · The seeds of a satisfying and illuminating anti-biopic are scattered through those scenes, but “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” proves unable to rescue its heroine from its own confusion ...
Feb 26, 2021 · A misguided and misleading biopic that wallows in Holiday's addiction and persecution without providing insight or context. Andra Day shines as the singer, but the film is a mess of melodrama, cartoon villains, and historical inaccuracies.
