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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
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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"B" Camera Operator:
Yoann Malnati
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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
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Marzia Pellissier
Léonie Lavoie
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Nathalie Garon
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Lizane La Salle
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Genevieve Bonneau
Chanelle Ouellette
Sherry Hu
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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
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Nick Nassif
Colorist:
Tim Stipan
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Loic Laurelut
Conductor:
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Ann Brochu
Costume Coordinator:
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Costume Designer:
Paolo Nieddu
Costume Supervisor:
Pat Welch
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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
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Marc A. Rousseau
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Melissa Nepton
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Dany Racine
First Assistant "B" Camera:
Nicolas Marion
First Assistant "C" Camera:
Michel Bernier
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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
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Éric Morin
Graphic Designer:
Isabelle Côté
Anne-Marie Giroux
Greensman:
Reno Hebert
Myriam Tallard
Olya Zarapina
Grip:
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
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Charles Gregory Ross
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
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Giovany Arteaga
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Drey Demo
Nicola Di Lauro
Claude Gelineau
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Jean Laplante
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Charles-Antoine Solis
Kris Bowers
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Sarah-Rose Buchanan
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Henri Wilkinson
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Kris Bowers
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François Choinière
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
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Ben Clune
Danny Williams
Adam Davis
Ian Malcolm
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Tom Di Blasio
Production Coordinator:
Kathy Ann Thomas
Production Design:
Daniel T. Dorrance
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Patricia Ferris
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Andrew Law
Eulalie Gagne
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Dominic Prevost
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
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Scott Michael Smith
Scoring Mixer:
Stephen Kaye
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Suzan-Lori Parks
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Elizabeth Tremblay
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Marc-Antoine Paquet
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Deborah Adams
Priscillia Collin
Lynda Goode
Sylvie Théberge
Viriya Say
Laurie-Anne St-Pierre Savard
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Soupharak Keoborakoth
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Eric Aubin
Second Assistant "C" Camera:
Jean-Francois Tousignant
Second Assistant Director:
Fanny Hudon
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Guy Pigeon
Simon Théberge
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Vincent Morin
Eduardo Santibanez
Julie Baumann
Alexis St-Denis
Martin Leblanc
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Frédérick Marcil
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Julyan Chamorro
Julien Bocciarelli
Jimmy Brassard
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Thamara Antoine
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Jonathan Meunier
Sound Assistant:
Thomas Sedillot
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Glenfield Payne
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Joel Scheuneman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
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Robert Hein
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Claude La Haye
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Kathy Tse
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Caroline Aquin
Vague Vartanian
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Guillaume Murray
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Andre Fortin
Etienne Trepanier
Marc Godding
Stacey Godding
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Yoann Malnati
Still Photographer:
Takashi Seida
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Rodney Alexandre
Tyler Hall
Michael Scherer
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Otis Hopson
Trevor Jones
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Félix Larivière-Charron
Supervising Music Editor:
Jen Monnar
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Robert Hein
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Susana Vera
Sigesmund Moser
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Harris Ellison
Shanna Roberts Salée
Title Designer:
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Transportation Captain:
Philippe Gilbert
Simon Paquin
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Péo Chénard
Travel Coordinator:
Odette Lavigne
Truck Production Assistant:
Martin Roy
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Brigitte St-Onge
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Hélène Ross
George Parra
Patty Long
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Puelo Deir
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Sébastien Chartier
Valérie Dugas
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Charles Richer
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