THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY
BEST Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
In the 1940s, the U.S. government targeted beloved jazz icon Billie Holiday as part of their war on drugs, to prevent her from performing her heart-wrenching ballad “Strange Fruit,” a blatant cry against lynching.
Andra Day
Harassed by the police for performing her song “Strange Fruit,” a ballad about lynching, Billie Holiday spirals downward while fighting addiction, imprisonment, and her lovers using her.
PERSONAL PREDICTIONS
EXPERT PREDICTIONS
| — 1st time Nominee — |
RELEASE DATE
February 26, 2021
DIRECTOR
Lee Daniels
WRITTEN BY
Suzan-Lori Parks
BASED ON
“Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs”
by Johann Hari
STUDIO
Hulu
R
(for strong drug content, sexual content, nudity, language throughout, some lynching images and violence)
BIOGRAPHY
DRAMA
MUSIC
130 minutes
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Andrew Dunn
COMPOSER
Kris Bowers
EDITOR
Jay Rabinowitz
CAST
Andra Day
Leslie Jordan
Miss Lawrence
Natasha Lyonne
Trevante Rhodes
Dusan Dukic
Erik LaRay Harvey
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
Kate MacLellan
Kwasi Songui
Letitia Brookes
PRODUCED BY
Lee Daniels
Jordan Fudge
Tucker Tooley
Joe Roth
Jeff Kirschenbaum
Pamela Oas Williams
Viewing Information
93RD ACADEMY AWARDS | OSCARS CHALLENGE
APRIL 21, 2021
HULU
FILMS LEFT
4
DAYS LEFT
4
