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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

It would be an empty world without the blues.

2020 · R · 1h 33m

Directed by George C. Wolfe

6.6

TMDB audience score
1,300 votes, out of 10

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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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Cast

  • Viola Davis
    Ma Rainey

  • 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

  • Chloe Davis
    Ma Rainey's Dancer

  • Mayte Natalio
    Ma Rainey's Dancer

  • Johanna Elmina Moise
    Ma Rainey's Dancer

  • Onyxx Noel
    Ma Rainey's Dancer

  • LaWanda Hopkins
    Ma Rainey's Dancer

  • Sierra Stewart
    Ma Rainey's Dancer

  • Malaiyka Reid
    Ma Rainey's Dancer