The United States vs. Billie Holiday have just been released – take a look below.The upcoming Billie Holiday biopic is eyeing a February 2021 release, and has shared new stills from the film exclusively with Vanity Fair.Lee Daniels (Precious) will direct the film, from a script by playwright and screenwriter Suzan-Lori Parks based on the book Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs by Johann Hari.The film is set to follow Billie Holiday in the early days of 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,” the synopsis reads.Holiday will be played by Andra Day, making her feature.
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