Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
It would be an empty world without the blues.
2020 · R · 1h 33m · Drama, Music
Genres: Drama, Music
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
Music by: Branford Marsalis
Cinematography: Tobias A. Schliessler
Editor: Andrew Mondshein
Rated 6.6/10 by 1274 viewers
Cast
Viola Davis as Ma RaineyChadwick Boseman as LeveeColman Domingo as CutlerGlynn Turman as ToledoMichael Potts as Slow DragJeremy Shamos as IrvinJonny Coyne as SturdyvantTaylour Paige as Dussie MaeDusan Brown as SylvesterJoshua Harto as PolicemanQuinn VanAntwerp as Band SingerChloe Davis as Ma Rainey's DancerMore like this
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