Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

153 December 2020 (GB)Drama, Music1 hour and 34 minutes
67%
User score

It would be an empty world without the blues.

Description

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.

Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Screenplay
August Wilson
Theatre Play
George C. Wolfe
Director

Actors

Viola Davis
Viola Davis
Ma Rainey
Chadwick Boseman
Chadwick Boseman
Levee
Colman Domingo
Colman Domingo
Cutler
Glynn Turman
Glynn Turman
Toledo
Michael Potts
Michael Potts
Slow Drag
Jeremy Shamos
Jeremy Shamos
Irvin
Jonny Coyne
Jonny Coyne
Sturdyvant
Taylour Paige
Taylour Paige
Dussie Mae
Dusan Brown
Dusan Brown
Sylvester
Joshua Harto
Joshua Harto
Policeman
Quinn VanAntwerp
Quinn VanAntwerp
Band Singer
Chloe Davis
Chloe Davis
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Mayte Natalio
Mayte Natalio
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Johanna Elmina Moise
Johanna Elmina Moise
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Onyxx Noel
Onyxx Noel
Ma Rainey's Dancer
LaWanda Hopkins
LaWanda Hopkins
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Sierra Stewart
Sierra Stewart
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Malaiyka Reid
Malaiyka Reid
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Catherine Foster
Catherine Foster
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Antonio Fierro
Antonio Fierro
Laborer (uncredited)
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

—

Revenue

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Keywords
chicago, illinoisrecording studiobased on play or musicalsingerlesbian relationshiplgbtblues musicblack lgbttrumpet player1920s