Music, Drama, History
2021
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."
Top cast:
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
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Roslyn
Tyler James Williams
Lester 'Prez' Young
Blake DeLong
Agent Carter
Erik LaRay Harvey
James Monroe
Kate MacLellan
Working Class Woman
Kwasi Songui
Working Class Man
Warren 'Slim' Williams
Bobby Tucker
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
Tristan D. Lalla
Mr. Jordon Green
Alika Autran
Martha Anslinger
Kim Feeney
Lady In Audience
Richard Jutras
Uptown Restaurant MaƮtre d'
Jonathan Higgins
Defense Lawyer Erlich
Nealla Gordon
Courthouse Reporter
Christopher Ricardo Price
Drug Dealer
Elizabeth Eveillard
Prostitute 1923
Clauter Alexandre
Husband
Penande Estime
Hanging Woman
Ronda Louis-Jeune
Jimmy's Girlfriend
Donald Fullilove
Additional Voices (voice)