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- In “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” Andra Day’s performance reminds viewers of the power of the Holiday’s voice, more than 60 years after her death. “Her songs were rooted in truth, in her experience and how she perceives things and how she felt and what was right at the time.
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Apr 21, 2021 · Find out how Golden Globe winner Andra Day perfected Billie Holiday's singing voice for Hulu's movie, The United States vs. Billie Holiday.
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Mar 1, 2021 · In “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” Andra Day’s performance reminds viewers of the power of the Holiday’s voice, more than 60 years after her death. “Her songs were rooted in...
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- Joshua Barajas,Jeffrey Brown
Feb 8, 2021 · When Andra Day was initially approached about auditioning for the title role in The United States vs. Billie Holiday, director Lee Daniels’s new film about the revolutionary jazz...
Feb 2, 2021 · Every time Billie Holiday laughs in “The United States vs. Billie Holiday,” it cracks the air, scratchy and ephemeral, fading just as quickly as it began.
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Feb 25, 2021 · Andra Day taps into legendary jazz singer's 'trauma' in 'United States vs. Billie Holiday'. Andra Day is accustomed to stepping onto the stage as herself. But now, she transforms...
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- Anika Reed
Feb 26, 2021 · What upset the feds most was Holiday's insistence on singing "Strange Fruit," a song she recorded in 1939 with lyrics that cry out against the lynching of Black Americans.
Feb 25, 2021 · Rather than lip-sync the numbers, Day sings them in a voice that has some of Holiday’s signature breathy rasp and delicate lilt, and suggests her ability to move from whimsy to anguish and...