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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom(2020)

It would be an empty world without the blues.

6.6(1,246)2020-11-251h 33mENReleased

Overview

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

Writers

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Country

United States of America

Language

English

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Top 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

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