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First Look: Andra Day and Trevante Rhodes in 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday'

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06.11.2020 - 21:42

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The United States vs. Billie Holiday is no Lady Sings the Blues. And that’s no shade. Instead it’s a great thing. It’s the film he and his star Andra Day say we need right now, which is the truth about how the United States of America targeted and punished Billie Holiday for daring to take a stand against lynching and Jim Crow by singing “Strange Fruit.”Pulitzer winner Suzan-Lori Parks’ script captivated Daniels when he read it five years ago.

So much so that he knew he had to do it and raised the film’s financing. Right now, the project, also starring Trevante Rhodes, Evan Ross, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Natasha Lyonne, is scheduled for a February 12, 2021 release.

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