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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Name: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Director: George C. Wolfe
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 2020
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman, Michael Potts

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.

2020 · Directed by George C. Wolfe · 93 min · Drama · Music · 9 frames

Tagline

It would be an empty world without the blues.

Crew

Screenplay: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Cinematography: Tobias A. Schliessler
Edited by: Andrew Mondshein
Music: Branford Marsalis
Production design: Mark Ricker
Produced by: Todd Black, Denzel Washington, Dany Wolf

Cast

Viola Davis as Ma Rainey
Chadwick Boseman as Levee
Colman Domingo as Cutler
Glynn Turman as Toledo
Michael Potts as Slow Drag
Jeremy Shamos as Irvin
Jonny Coyne as Sturdyvant
Taylour Paige as Dussie Mae
Dusan Brown as Sylvester
Joshua Harto as Policeman

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Escape Artists, Mundy Lane Entertainment
Themes: chicago, illinois, recording studio, based on play or musical, singer, lesbian relationship, lgbt, blues music, black lgbt, trumpet player, 1920s

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