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A Balasaur Score of 59 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 55%, Metacritic 52/100. Most of the 722 2020s music movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Hulu.
Synopsis
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."
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes55%
Metacritic52/100
323 audience votes
Key crew
- Suzan-Lori ParksScreenplay
- Lee DanielsDirector
- Kris BowersOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Andra DayBillie Holiday
- Trevante RhodesJimmy Fletcher
- Garrett HedlundHarry Anslinger
- Leslie JordanReginald Lord Devine
- Miss LawrenceMiss Freddy
- Adriane LenoxMrs. Fletcher
- Natasha LyonneTallulah Bankhead
- Rob MorganLouis McKay
- Da'Vine Joy RandolphRoslyn
- Evan RossAgent Williams
- Tyler James WilliamsLester 'Prez' Young
- Tone BellJohn Levy
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Themes
war on drugsnew orleans, louisianajazz singer or musicianban from professionbiographysurveillanceheroin addiction1940s1950sfbi agent