Movie
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020R1h 33m6.6 / 10
It would be an empty world without the blues.
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.
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Synopsis
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.
More about Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Cast
Viola DavisMa Rainey
Chadwick BosemanLevee
Colman DomingoCutler
Glynn TurmanToledo
Michael PottsSlow Drag
Jeremy ShamosIrvin
Jonny CoyneSturdyvant
Taylour PaigeDussie MaeCredits
- Directed by
- George C. Wolfe
- Written by
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
Escape ArtistsUnited States- Mundy Lane EntertainmentUnited States
Themes
1920sbased on play or musicalblack lgbtblues musicchicago, illinoislesbian relationshiplgbtrecording studio
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