A Glean movie pick

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Name: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Director: George C. Wolfe
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 2020-11-25
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman, Michael Potts

It would be an empty world without the blues.

2020
1h 33m
Drama
Music
★ 6.6

Directed by George C. Wolfe

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The story

About Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

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.

Faces in the story

Top 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