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Andra Day & Garrett Hedlund Film 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday' in Montreal

Andra Day & Garrett Hedlund Film 'The United States vs. Billie Holiday' in Montreal

Andra Day and Garrett Hedlund are hard at work on their new movie!

The 34-year-old singer and 35-year-old actor spent the afternoon filming The United States vs. Billie Holiday on Saturday (November 30) in Montreal, Canada.

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Andra is playing the legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday while Garrett is portraying Harry J. Anslinger, the first commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics.

The film follows Billie Holiday “during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she had a tumultuous affair. The pic will intimately examine Holiday’s struggles with addiction, fame and heartbreaking love,” Deadline reports.

The United States vs. Billie Holiday
is being directed by Lee Daniels and will also star Trevante Rhodes, Natasha Lyonne, and Evan Ross.

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