The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) [R]

Release Date:
March 31, 2021

Original Title:
The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Alternate Titles:
Die Vereinigten Staaten gegen Billie Holiday
The United States vs. Billie Holiday - Ihre Stimme wird nicht schweigen
United States vs Billie Holiday
ממשלת ארה"ב נגד בילי הולידיי
บิลลี ฮอลิเดย์ เสียงเพลงสู้อเมริกา
美国与比莉·哈乐黛
美国与比莉·荷莉戴

Genres:
Drama | History | Music

Production Companies:
Lee Daniels Entertainment
Roth-Kirschenbaum Films

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: MA 15+  BR: 16  CA: R  CH: 16  DE: 16  DK: 15  FI: K-16  FR: TP  GB: 15  GR: Κ-15  KR: 18  PL: 16  PT: M/14  SE: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 131

Her voice would not be silenced.

Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."

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"A" Camera Operator:
Andrew Dunn

"B" Camera Operator:
Yoann Malnati

"C" Camera Operator:
Sylvaine Dufaux

ADR Editor:
Ruth Hernandez
Kenton Jakub

ADR Mixer:
Bobby Johanson

ADR Recordist:
Michael Rivera

ADR Voice Casting:
Georgia Simon

Actor's Assistant:
Ben Poppleton
Myriam Santos
Adrienne Williams
Andre Thomas

Additional Editing:
Hughes Winborne
Joe Leonard

Additional Post-Production Supervisor:
Michelle Fowler

Animal Wrangler:
Josée Juteau

Armorer:
John-Sébastien Côté

Art Department Coordinator:
Cecile Braemer

Art Direction:
Vincent Aird
Carolyne de Bellefeuille

Assistant Art Director:
Luc-Eric Duhamel
Léa-Valérie Létourneau

Assistant Chef:
Natalie Turgeon
Juan Pablo

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician:
Daniel Goyens

Assistant Costume Designer:
Nedra Gribaa

Assistant Decorator:
Yves Allard
Ariane Leroux-Ringuette
Marzia Pellissier
Léonie Lavoie

Assistant Director Trainee:
Ami Diakité

Assistant Hairdresser:
Nathalie Dion
Sarah Tremblay
Martin Lapointe
Pascale Royer
Janie Otis
Jerry Asiedu Pipim
Gladys Simard
Francoise Lortie
Mario Saint-Louis
Manon Joly
Nathalie Garon
Marie-Eve Menard
André Duval
Rocco Stallone

Assistant Makeup Artist:
Chanelle Ouellette
Lizane La Salle
Camiel McLean
Sophie Lebeau
Genevieve Bonneau
Sherry Hu
Sandra Ruel

Assistant Picture Car Coordinator:
Claude Saingelain
Yan Philie
Maude Beaunoyer
Jocelyne Hamel

Assistant Production Coordinator:
Eva Quintero

Assistant Property Master:
Olivier Proulx

Assistant Sound Editor:
Dennis Dembeck

Assistant Unit Manager:
Stephane Desharnais
Benoit Thériault

Associate Producer:
Thomas Westfall
Jeremy Green
Jake Meyers

Back-up Set Production Assistant:
Valérie Caron

Back-up Truck Production Assistant:
Christian Rollin

Base Camp Operator:
Michel Robert

Book:
Johann Hari

Boom Operator:
Francis Péloquin

CG Supervisor:
Eric Clement

Camera Loader:
Christian Caperaa
Isabelle Lauzon

Camera Trainee:
Salome Dufaux-Mathieu

Casting:
Kevin Scott
Billy Hopkins
Leah Daniels-Butler
Ashley Ingram

Catering Head Chef:
Luc Champagne

Chef:
Sébastien Paré

Chief Lighting Technician:
Eames Gagnon

Choreographer:
Eboni Nichols

Clearances Coordinator:
Nutan Khanna

Co-Executive Producer:
Simone Sheffield

Co-Producer:
H.H. Cooper
Jahil Fisher
Wellington Love
Marie Cisco

Color Assistant:
Nick Nassif

Colorist:
Tim Stipan

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Loic Laurelut

Conductor:
Fabrizio Mancinelli

Construction Coordinator:
Rejean Brochu

Construction Manager:
Ann Brochu

Costume Coordinator:
Katrina Marie Lukaitis

Costume Designer:
Paolo Nieddu

Costume Supervisor:
Pat Welch

Craft Service:
Rhiannon Colley

Decorator:
Josée Arsenault
Geneviève Boivin
Jacques Rajotte
Pascale Deschênes

Dialect Coach:
Thom Jones

Dialogue Editor:
Ian Cymore
Sylvia Menno
Dave Paterson
Josh Berger

Digital Intermediate Producer:
Rebecca Erbe
Moises Cruz

Director:
Lee Daniels

Director of Photography:
Andrew Dunn

Dolly Grip:
Joost Clerinx
Rémi Giroux

Editor:
Jay Rabinowitz

Executive Music Producer:
Amanda Ghost
Salaam Remi

Executive Producer:
Patty Long
Johann Hari
Dennis Stratton
Jeremy Allen
Mark Bomback
Hilary Shor
Cassian Elwes

Executive Visual Effects Producer:
Marc A. Rousseau

Extras Casting:
Julie Breton

Extras Casting Assistant:
Melissa Nepton

First Assistant "A" Camera:
Dany Racine

First Assistant "B" Camera:
Nicolas Marion

First Assistant "C" Camera:
Michel Bernier

First Assistant Accountant:
Flora Eleftheriou

First Assistant Director:
H.H. Cooper

First Assistant Editor:
Kyle Falcon

Foley Artist:
Heikki Kossi

Foley Editor:
Lars Halvorsen
Pietu Korhonen

Foley Mixer:
Kari Vähäkuopus

Generator Operator:
Éric Morin

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Isabelle Côté
Anne-Marie Giroux

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Reno Hebert
Myriam Tallard
Olya Zarapina

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Martin Landry
Claude Gervais
Simon Hébert
Jonathan Barbeau
Jean-Phillipe Gauthier
Martin Boiteau
Melanie St-Pierre
Alexandra Elkin
Thierry Lacombe
Johanzen Aldana Espinosa
Steve Montplaisir
Christophe Desjardins
Eric Belanger

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Hairdresser:
T.A. Henderson
Liliane Saad

Head Carpenter:
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Jean-Philippe Silvestro
Marc-André Proulx
Rémi Beaudoin
Pablo Figueroa

In Memory Of:
Charles Gregory Ross

Key Dresser:
Gigi Duval

Key Grip:
Daniel Dinel

Key Rigging Grip:
Daniel Robidoux

Leadman:
Michèle Laroche

Libra Head Technician:
Jean-Francois Landry

Lighting Coordinator:
Christine Chu
Jeremy Martin

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Frederic Nivoix
Constant Lavallée
Sébastien Lauzon
Marc Hénaut
Alain Apollon
Monica Caballero Moreno
Christopher Cadorette
Frederic Moreau
Ryan Faulconbridge

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Randi Wells
Andrea Kenyon

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Benoît Mathieu

Location Scout:
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Makeup Artist:
Catherine Lavoie

Makeup Department Head:
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Music Consultant:
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Steve Jordan

Music Coordinator:
Max Wrightson

Music Supervisor:
Lynn Fainchtein

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Laszlo Koos
Giovany Arteaga
Hubert Brizard
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Nicolas Cousineau
Schadrac Émilica
Jacques Proulx
Nicola Di Lauro
Jean Laplante
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Olivier Allard
Maxime Despax
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Ken Joseph
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Claude Gelineau
Peter Purich
Nathan Mignien
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Kieran Poile
Jeremy Sandfelder
Charles-Antoine Solis
Drey Demo
Kris Bowers

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Sarah-Rose Buchanan

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Henri Wilkinson
Jonathan Beard
Edward Trybek

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Éric Brais

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Kelsey Schuyler

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Daniel Tantalean
Samantha Hernandez
Ejon Williamson

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Mallory Trice

Post Production Supervisor:
Alexis Wiscomb

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Lee Daniels
Joe Roth
Jeff Kirschenbaum
Tucker Tooley
Jordan Fudge
Pamela Oas Williams

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Danny Williams
Ian Malcolm
Ben Clune
Adam Davis

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Patricia Ferris

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Simone Leclerc

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Eulalie Gagne

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Emile Gonin Robidoux
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Guillaume Vidal
Alexandre Dumas
Frederic Bilodeau
Dominic Prevost
Philippe Lacrois
Gabriel Boudrau
Stephane St-Pierre
Cedric Arcand
Adam Robidoux
Carmelo Staguitta
Jean-François Dubé

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Scott Michael Smith

Scoring Mixer:
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Screenplay:
Suzan-Lori Parks

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Elizabeth Tremblay

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Seamstress:
Sylvie Théberge
Laurie-Anne St-Pierre Savard
Priscillia Collin
Lynda Goode
Viriya Say
Deborah Adams

Second Assistant "A" Camera:
Soupharak Keoborakoth

Second Assistant "B" Camera:
Eric Aubin

Second Assistant "C" Camera:
Jean-Francois Tousignant

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Fanny Hudon

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Guy Pigeon

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Alain Clouâtre
Julie Baumann
Alexis St-Denis
Colin Lavigne
Eduardo Santibanez
Martin Leblanc
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Jason Sheppard
Jimmy Brassard
Vincent Morin
Frédérick Marcil
Julien Bocciarelli

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Thamara Antoine

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Jonathan Meunier

Sound Assistant:
Thomas Sedillot

Sound Effects Editor:
Glenfield Payne

Sound Engineer:
Joel Scheuneman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
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Glenfield Payne
Robert Hein

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Claude La Haye

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Kathy Tse

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Vague Vartanian
Caroline Aquin

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Andre Fortin
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Marc Godding

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Still Photographer:
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Tyler Hall
Michael Scherer
Rodney Alexandre

Stunts:
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Otis Hopson
Chelsea Jackson
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Félix Larivière-Charron

Supervising Music Editor:
Jen Monnar

Supervising Sound Editor:
Robert Hein

Tailor:
Susana Vera
Sigesmund Moser

Third Assistant Director:
Harris Ellison
Shanna Roberts Salée

Title Designer:
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Philippe Gilbert
Simon Paquin

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Péo Chénard

Travel Coordinator:
Odette Lavigne

Truck Production Assistant:
Martin Roy

Unit Manager:
Brigitte St-Onge

Unit Production Manager:
Patty Long
Hélène Ross
George Parra

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Simon Beaupré
Bryan Hsu
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Pierre-David Myles
Camille Dao
Valérie Dugas
Andris Pakalns
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Charles Richer
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Visual Effects Coordinator:
Mélissa Massé

Visual Effects Editor:
Daniel Triller
Jonathan Lancelot

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Marie-Claude Lafontaine

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Dan Schrecker

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