Andra Day's Billie Holiday Movie, a Big Awards Contender, Has Been Sold to Hulu

“It’s just that jazz ain’t cool anymore,” the sexy saxophonist is told in the new Amazon Prime dramatic feature “Sylvie’s Love.”But Viola Davis’ title character in Netflix’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” disagrees: “Blues helps you get out of bed in the morning.”Who would have thought that one of the notable trends in filmed entertainment at this time would be an American art form born more than 120 years ago? Amid the stalled and rearranged film landscape of 2020, just as the Black Lives Matter

The United States vs Billie Holiday, starring Bird Box's Trevante Rhodes and Russian Doll and Orange is the New Black actress Natasha Lyonne, has landed and it promises to be a moving watch. The film tells the story of the life and career of iconic singer Billie Holiday, who is considered one of the greatest jazz and swing musicians of all time.

Andra Day hesitates in singing a song on stage as police officers wait to arrest her in the trailer for Hulu’s upcoming movie, The United States vs. Billie Holiday.

On a list of Civil Rights movement leaders, few people would think to name Billie Holiday. But in his new movie, The United States vs Billie Holiday, starring Andra Day, Lee Daniels shines a light on that facet of the jazz singer’s story, in which Holiday’s 1939 song about lynching, "Strange Fruit," made her a target of the FBI.

Billie Holiday has been revealed – scroll down the page to watch it now.The United States vs Billie Holiday is directed by Lee Daniels and features Andra Day as the iconic singer, alongside fellow cast members Natasha Lyonne, Garrett Hedlund, Trevante Rhodes and more.The trailer shows Holiday being celebrated and adored by her audiences, but also provoking the ire of the authorities with her song ‘Strange Fruit’ – a protest song about the racism and brutality that was happening in the American

The trailer for Lee Daniels’ Billie Holiday biopic “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” has officially dropped.

Eli Countryman The first trailer for Paramount’s “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” explores the tragic story of singer Billie Holiday, the racial inequalities of 1940s America and her encounters with the Federal Bureau of Narcotics.The jazz singer, portrayed by Andra Day, came under fire by the agency after performing the song “Strange Fruit,” which condemns the U.S.

Andra Day (a GRAMMY nominee in her own right) stars as the legendary singer, who the government targeted due to her protest song, «Strange Fruit.»The film hails from director Lee Daniels from a script by playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and co-stars Trevante Rhodes as Jimmy Fletcher, the agent sent to infiltrate Holiday's circle and spy for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics.

Clayton Davis Lee Daniels’ “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” is the next enigma in this awards season and could prove to be one of the more divisive entries.

Also Read: Ilana Glazer Pregnancy Film 'False Positive' Nabbed by HuluThough it was originally meant to be a theatrical release from Paramount, Hulu has officially acquired the U.S. rights to the film and dropped the first trailer Monday ahead of the film’s release on February 26.Day is making her feature film acting debut in “The United States vs.

The first thing you probably need to know about “The United States vs. Billie Holiday”—other than it’s a film by filmmaker Lee Daniels, his first feature since 2013’s “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”—is that it was originally a Paramount Pictures film scheduled for this February and hoping to be the studio’s one and only Oscar player this season.

The Duke is currently facing a raft of legal problems in the US, stemming from allegations regarding his association with deceased convicted sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.

It’s been more than 50 years since the Guess Who lit up the charts with “American Woman”, and a group of dedicated fans are hoping to see the iconic Winnipeg band enshrined in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Paramount made it official tonight that Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday is off their theatrical release schedule.

Also on this day: Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is slain in Canterbury Cathedral by knights loyal to King Henry II.Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, is born in Raleigh, N.C.Texas is admitted as the 28th state.The massacre on Wounded Knee takes place in South Dakota as an estimated 300 Sioux Indians are killed by U.S.

Also on this day: Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei observes the planet Neptune, but mistakes it for a star. (Neptune wouldn't officially be discovered until 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle.)Queen Mary II of England dies after more than five years of joint rule with her husband, King William III.John C.