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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

It would be an empty world without the blues.

  • Movie
  • 2020
  • R
  • 1h 33m

Directed by George C. Wolfe

6.6

TMDB audience rating
6.6 out of 10 from 1,300 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Viola Davis

    Viola DavisMa Rainey

  • Chadwick Boseman

    Chadwick BosemanLevee

  • Colman Domingo

    Colman DomingoCutler

  • Glynn Turman

    Glynn TurmanToledo

  • Michael Potts

    Michael PottsSlow Drag

  • Jeremy Shamos

    Jeremy ShamosIrvin

  • Jonny Coyne

    Jonny CoyneSturdyvant

  • Taylour Paige

    Taylour PaigeDussie Mae

  • Dusan Brown

    Dusan BrownSylvester

  • Joshua Harto

    Joshua HartoPoliceman

  • Quinn VanAntwerp

    Quinn VanAntwerpBand Singer

  • Chloe DavisMa Rainey's Dancer

  • Mayte NatalioMa Rainey's Dancer

  • Johanna Elmina MoiseMa Rainey's Dancer

  • Onyxx NoelMa Rainey's Dancer

  • LaWanda HopkinsMa Rainey's Dancer

  • Sierra StewartMa Rainey's Dancer

  • Malaiyka ReidMa Rainey's Dancer

Director
George C. Wolfe
Writer
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Music
Branford Marsalis
Cinematography
Tobias A. Schliessler