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The United States vs Billie Holiday review: Woozy drama fails to do the jazz singer justice

(Sky Store, 127mins) The torch singer with the hard life is a cliché with good reason, and none harder than Billie Holiday’s. The 1940s jazz stylist with that uniquely raspy, hypnotising voice had it tough from the get-go, and once fame hit was bullied, used and beaten by a string of dreadful men. Her addictions to alcohol and heroin were well known, and she was just 44 years old when she died of cirrhosis, her voice and body destroyed by decades of misuse. But that’s not the whole story of a great talent’s tragic demise, and in Lee Daniels’ woozy drama we hear how she might have been driven to it.

Review: In The United States vs Billie Holiday, Andra Day is impressive but the movie falters

Review: In The United States vs Billie Holiday, Andra Day is impressive but the movie falters
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The United States Vs Billie Holiday review: Andra Day gives performance of the year

Poor filmmaking undoes power of The United States vs Billie Holiday

The United States vs Billie Holiday True Story - What Happened to Jimmy Fletcher

Hulu’s The United States vs. Billie Holiday is a fictionalized take on the life of the legendary jazz singer, played in the film by “Rise Up” singer and actress Andra Day in a Golden Globe-nominated performance. But while the movie charts Holiday’s efforts to maintain her career while being hounded by law enforcement and struggling with substance abuse disorder, it’s not just a portrait of the life of one artist: The film also tells an important story about the origins of America’s war on drugs. The movie is directed by Lee Daniels from a script written by Suzan-Lori Parks, but it’s based on the

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