Gli Stati Uniti contro Billie Holiday

The United States vs. Billie Holiday
  • Musica
  • Dramma
  • Storia
Data di uscita 31 marzo 2021
Regia Lee Daniels
Sceneggiatura Suzan-Lori Parks
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
  • Blake DeLong
    Agent Carter
  • Dana Gourrier
    Sadie
  • Melvin Gregg
    Joe Guy
  • Erik LaRay Harvey
    James Monroe
  • Ray Shell
    Carl The Drummer
  • Dusan Dukic
    Joe Glaser
  • Koumba Ball
    Lucille
  • Kate MacLellan
    Working Class Woman
  • Kwasi Songui
    Working Class Man
  • Letitia Brookes
    Velva
  • Warren 'Slim' Williams
    Bobby Tucker
  • Orville Thompson
    Auditioning Sax Player
  • Jeff Corbett
    Congressman JP Thomas
  • Damian Joseph Quinn
    Roy Cohn
  • Robert Alan Beuth
    Congressman J. Rankin
  • Randy Davison
    Senator J. McCarthy
  • Kevin Hanchard
    Louis Armstrong
  • Jono Townsend
    Guitar Player
  • Morgan Moore
    Bass Player
  • Arlen John Bonnar
    Priest
  • Furly Mac
    Elevator Attendant
  • Andrew Zadel
    Agent McDermott
  • Tristan D. Lalla
    Mr. Jordon Green
  • Alex Bisping
    Bailiff #1
  • Don Anderson
    Judge Ganey
  • Amanda Strawn
    Gloria
  • Charleine Charles
    Shirley
  • Sylvia Stewart
    Stink-Eye Inmate
  • Daphné Archer
    Jail Dishwasher
  • Anita Lee
    Fighting Woman
  • Tony Chao
    Fighting Man
  • Linda Sauvé
    Receptionist
  • Alain Goulem
    Ed Fishman
  • Ramona Clyke
    Miss Mona
  • Laurent Beaudin
    Ed Fishman's Assistant
  • Alika Autran
    Martha Anslinger
  • Kim Feeney
    Lady In Audience
  • Diana Carmen Ratycz
    Carnegie Fan
  • Richard Jutras
    Uptown Restaurant Maître d'
  • Jonathan Higgins
    Defense Lawyer Erlich
  • Marc Essertaize
    Bailiff #2
  • Nealla Gordon
    Courthouse Reporter
  • Len Blavatnik
    Club Owner
  • Christopher Ricardo Price
    Drug Dealer
  • Taryn Brown
    Billie (10 years old)
  • Zuri Hawkins
    Little Girl in Brothel
  • Elizabeth Eveillard
    Prostitute 1923
  • Clauter Alexandre
    Husband
  • Penande Estime
    Hanging Woman
  • Elikya Tupula
    Young Daughter
  • Nefertari Zanyah Brewster-Griffith
    Older Daughter
  • Joe Cobden
    George Jessel
  • Ronda Louis-Jeune
    Jimmy's Girlfriend
  • Maxime Paradis
    Producer
  • Sarah Levesque
    Nurse
  • Donald Fullilove
    Additional Voices (voice)
Trama

Negli anni Quaranta l’icona della musica jazz Billie Holiday collezionava successi in tutto il mondo, mentre il governo federale statunitense decideva di trasformare la Holiday nel capro espiatorio di una dura battaglia contro la droga prendendo di mira la sua fragile e complicata vita. Il fine ultimo delle azioni intraprese contro la cantante non era però legato alla droga, ma impedirle di eseguire la sua straziante ballata “Strange fruit”, grido di denuncia contro i linciaggi del governo degli U.S.A. e contributo essenziale per il movimento per i diritti civili.



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