Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

6.6 2020 George C. Wolfe 1h 33m
Drama Music
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

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.

Cast

Viola Davis Viola Davis Ma Rainey
Chadwick Boseman Chadwick Boseman Levee
Colman Domingo Colman Domingo Cutler
Glynn Turman Glynn Turman Toledo
Michael Potts Michael Potts Slow Drag
Jeremy Shamos Jeremy Shamos Irvin
Jonny Coyne Jonny Coyne Sturdyvant
Taylour Paige Taylour Paige Dussie Mae

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