Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
8.1 Score
LanguageEN
CountriesUnited States of America
2020 1h 34m R Drama Music

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

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.

Crew
Director George C. Wolfe Screenplay Ruben Santiago-Hudson Producer Dany Wolf Producer Denzel Washington

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

An empty theater. Great seats, though.

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