Viola Davis
Ma Rainey
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
“It would be an empty world without the blues.”
15 · 3 Dec 2020 · 93 min · English
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The film
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.
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On screen
Cast & characters
Chadwick Boseman
Levee
Colman Domingo
Cutler
Glynn Turman
Toledo
Michael Potts
Slow Drag
Jeremy Shamos
Irvin
Jonny Coyne
Sturdyvant
Taylour Paige
Dussie Mae
Dusan Brown
Sylvester
Joshua Harto
Policeman
Quinn VanAntwerp
Band Singer
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Chloe Davis
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Behind the camera
Key crew
- Director
- George C. Wolfe
- Writing
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson
- Cinematography
- Tobias A. Schliessler
- Original music
- Branford Marsalis
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