The United States Vs Billie Holiday, Lee Daniels' biopic centered around jazz icon Billie Holiday's controversial 1947 trial for narcotics possession, was originally supposed to hit theaters in February. With the pandemic still raging, however, the film will now debut on Hulu on February 26. Singer Andra Day makes her feature debut as Holiday, and here's the official synopsis:
The legendary Billie Holiday, one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time, spent much of her career being adored by fans across the globe. Beginning in the 1940’s in New York City, the federal government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to escalate and racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial and heart-wrenching ballad, “Strange Fruit.”