Watch NowMa Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
15
03/12/2020 (GB)
Drama, Music
1h 34m
- 67% (1172 votes)
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It would be an empty world without the blues.
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.
- George C. WolfeDirector
- Ruben Santiago-HudsonScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- chicago, illinois
- recording studio
- based on play or musical
- singer
- lesbian relationship
- lgbt
- blues music
- black lgbt
- trumpet player
- 1920s
Top Billed 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
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