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Andra Day Transforms Into Lady Day in 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday' Trailer

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Andra Day (a GRAMMY nominee in her own right) stars as the legendary singer, who the government targeted due to her protest song, «Strange Fruit.»The film hails from director Lee Daniels from a script by playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and co-stars Trevante Rhodes as Jimmy Fletcher, the agent sent to infiltrate Holiday's circle and spy for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. (Garrett Hedlund plays head fed Harry Anslinger.)Ahead of the trailer's premiere on Monday, Daniels and his leads sat down with ET's Nischelle Turner to discuss bringing Holiday's story to the screen.«It's a moment in time,» Daniels says. «It's not a straight-on biopic, but it happened.

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