Movie
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2020-11-25
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Escape Artists, Mundy Lane Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Viola Davis as Ma Rainey
- Chadwick Boseman as Levee
- Colman Domingo as Cutler
- Glynn Turman as Toledo
- Michael Potts as Slow Drag
- Jeremy Shamos as Irvin
- Jonny Coyne as Sturdyvant
- Taylour Paige as Dussie Mae
- Dusan Brown as Sylvester
- Joshua Harto as Policeman
- Quinn VanAntwerp as Band Singer
- Chloe Davis as Ma Rainey's Dancer
Crew
- George C. Wolfe - Director
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson - Screenplay
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