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  CH: 16  DE: 16  DK: 15  FI: K-16  FR: TP  GB: 15  GR: Κ-15  KR: 18  PL: 16  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:
Kenton Jakub
Ruth Hernandez

ADR Mixer:
Bobby Johanson

ADR Recordist:
Michael Rivera

ADR Voice Casting:
Georgia Simon

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

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:
Juan Pablo
Natalie Turgeon

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician:
Daniel Goyens

Assistant Costume Designer:
Nedra Gribaa

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

Assistant Director Trainee:
Ami Diakité

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

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

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

Assistant Production Coordinator:
Eva Quintero

Assistant Property Master:
Olivier Proulx

Assistant Sound Editor:
Dennis Dembeck

Assistant Unit Manager:
Benoit Thériault
Stephane Desharnais

Associate Producer:
Jeremy Green
Jake Meyers
Thomas Westfall

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:
Isabelle Lauzon
Christian Caperaa

Camera Trainee:
Salome Dufaux-Mathieu

Casting:
Kevin Scott
Leah Daniels-Butler
Billy Hopkins
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:
Jahil Fisher
H.H. Cooper
Marie Cisco
Wellington Love

Color Assistant:
Nick Nassif

Colorist:
Tim Stipan

Compositing Supervisor:
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:
Pascale Deschênes
Geneviève Boivin
Jacques Rajotte
Josée Arsenault

Dialect Coach:
Thom Jones

Dialogue Editor:
Ian Cymore
Dave Paterson
Sylvia Menno
Josh Berger

Digital Intermediate Producer:
Moises Cruz
Rebecca Erbe

Director:
Lee Daniels

Director of Photography:
Andrew Dunn

Dolly Grip:
Rémi Giroux
Joost Clerinx

Editor:
Jay Rabinowitz

Executive Music Producer:
Salaam Remi
Amanda Ghost

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

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

Graphic Designer:
Isabelle Côté
Anne-Marie Giroux

Greensman:
Reno Hebert
Myriam Tallard
Olya Zarapina

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

Hair Department Head:
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Hairdresser:
T.A. Henderson
Liliane Saad

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

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:
Jeremy Martin
Christine Chu

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

Local Casting:
Andrea Kenyon
Randi Wells

Location Manager:
Benoît Mathieu

Location Scout:
Lynne Dauphinee

Makeup Artist:
Catherine Lavoie

Makeup Department Head:
Laini Thompson

Matte Painter:
Philippe Langlois

Music Consultant:
Joseph Petrucelli
Steve Jordan

Music Coordinator:
Max Wrightson

Music Supervisor:
Lynn Fainchtein

Musician:
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Giovany Arteaga
Hubert Brizard
Drey Demo
Nicola Di Lauro
Claude Gelineau
Ken Joseph
Jean Laplante
Jean-Marc Martel
Daniel Plamondon
François D'Anjou Pomerleau
Peter Purich
Olivier Allard
Carl Beaudoin
Nicolas Cousineau
Maxime Despax
Schadrac Émilica
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Laszlo Koos
Patrice Luneau
Nathan Mignien
Kieran Poile
Jacques Proulx
Jeremy Sandfelder
Charles-Antoine Solis
Kris Bowers

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On Set Key Props:
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Sarah-Rose Buchanan

Orchestrator:
Edward Trybek
Jonathan Beard
Henri Wilkinson

Original Music Composer:
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Payroll Accountant:
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Picture Car Coordinator:
Éric Brais

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Olivier Péloquin

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Kelsey Schuyler

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Ejon Williamson
Samantha Hernandez
Daniel Tantalean

Post Production Coordinator:
Mallory Trice

Post Production Supervisor:
Alexis Wiscomb

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

Producer's Assistant:
Ben Clune
Danny Williams
Adam Davis
Ian Malcolm

Production Accountant:
Tom Di Blasio

Production Coordinator:
Kathy Ann Thomas

Production Design:
Daniel T. Dorrance

Production Secretary:
Patricia Ferris

Property Master:
Simone Leclerc

Props:
Andrew Law
Eulalie Gagne

Receptionist:
Stéphanie-Alexandra Joseph

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

Score Engineer:
Scott Michael Smith

Scoring Mixer:
Stephen Kaye

Screenplay:
Suzan-Lori Parks

Script Supervisor:
Elizabeth Tremblay

Sculptor:
Marc-Antoine Paquet

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

Second Assistant "A" Camera:
Soupharak Keoborakoth

Second Assistant "B" Camera:
Eric Aubin

Second Assistant "C" Camera:
Jean-Francois Tousignant

Second Assistant Director:
Fanny Hudon

Set Designer:
Guy Pigeon
Simon Théberge

Set Dresser:
Colin Lavigne
Vincent Morin
Eduardo Santibanez
Julie Baumann
Alexis St-Denis
Martin Leblanc
Joakim Rivest-Girard
Alain Clouâtre
Frédérick Marcil
Jason Sheppard
Elissa Arsenault Soupras
Julyan Chamorro
Julien Bocciarelli
Jimmy Brassard

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Mirsad Osmanbasic
Thamara Antoine

Set Production Assistant:
Jonathan Meunier

Sound Assistant:
Thomas Sedillot

Sound Effects Editor:
Glenfield Payne

Sound Engineer:
Joel Scheuneman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Josh Berger
Robert Hein
Glenfield Payne

Sound Recordist:
Claude La Haye

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Kathy Tse

Special Effects Makeup Artist:
Caroline Aquin
Vague Vartanian

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Special Effects Technician:
Andre Fortin
Etienne Trepanier
Marc Godding
Stacey Godding

Steadicam Operator:
Yoann Malnati

Still Photographer:
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Stunt Coordinator:
Rodney Alexandre
Tyler Hall
Michael Scherer

Stunts:
Chelsea Jackson
Rodney Alexandre
Jason Conyers
Otis Hopson
Trevor Jones

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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:
Kristyn Hume

Transportation Captain:
Philippe Gilbert
Simon Paquin

Transportation Coordinator:
Péo Chénard

Travel Coordinator:
Odette Lavigne

Truck Production Assistant:
Martin Roy

Unit Manager:
Brigitte St-Onge

Unit Production Manager:
Hélène Ross
George Parra
Patty Long

Unit Publicist:
Puelo Deir

VFX Artist:
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Sébastien Chartier
Valérie Dugas
Bryan Hsu
Andris Pakalns
Raphael Valle
Didier Bertrand
Camille Dao
Jessica Francoeur-Ducharme
Maxime Lapointe
Charles Richer
Pierre-David Myles

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Charles Castonguay

Visual Effects Coordinator:
Mélissa Massé

Visual Effects Editor:
Daniel Triller
Jonathan Lancelot

Visual Effects Producer:
Marie-Claude Lafontaine

Visual Effects Supervisor:
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Alain Lachance

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