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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

It would be an empty world without the blues.

6.6

1h 33m

2020

“It would be an empty world without the blues.”

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.

Director

George C. Wolfe

Trailer

DramaMusic

chicago, illinoisrecording studiobased on play or musicalsingerlesbian relationshiplgbtblues musicblack lgbttrumpet player1920s

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Cast & Crew

Viola Davis

Viola Davis

as Ma Rainey

Chadwick Boseman

Chadwick Boseman

as Levee

Colman Domingo

Colman Domingo

as Cutler

Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman

as Toledo

Michael Potts

Michael Potts

as Slow Drag

Jeremy Shamos

Jeremy Shamos

as Irvin

Jonny Coyne

Jonny Coyne

as Sturdyvant

Taylour Paige

Taylour Paige

as Dussie Mae

Dusan Brown

Dusan Brown

as Sylvester

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