A first look at the Lee Daniels-directed film, “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”, has been revealed in the latest issue of Vanity Fair.
Andra Day, who will play Holiday, appears as the late singer in a series of recently released images. A synopsis says the flick, written by playwright and screenwriter Suzan-Lori Parks, “follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by Black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she had a tumultuous affair.” RELATED: Andra Day Breaks Down In Tears As 12-Year-Old Keedron Bryant Sings His Powerful Track ‘I Just Want To Live’ Vanity Fair spoke to Daniels and Day about the upcoming release, with the director having once
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