Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
“It would be an empty world without the blues.”
2020•R•1h 33m•6.6•Released
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Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.
Director
George C. Wolfe
Writer
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Languages
English
Studio
Escape Artists
Cast
Viola Davis
Ma Rainey
Chadwick Boseman
Levee
Colman Domingo
Cutler
Glynn Turman
Toledo
Michael Potts
Slow Drag
Jeremy Shamos
Irvin
Jonny Coyne
Sturdyvant
Taylour Paige
Dussie Mae
Dusan Brown
Sylvester
Joshua Harto
Policeman
Quinn VanAntwerp
Band Singer
Chloe Davis
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Mayte Natalio
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Johanna Elmina Moise
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Onyxx Noel
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Production
Company
Escape Artists
Company
Mundy Lane Entertainment
Producer
Todd Black
Producer
Dany Wolf
Producer
Denzel Washington
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