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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

"It would be an empty world without the blues."

2020

1h 33m

6.6(1290 votes)

Drama

Music

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.

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Netflix

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: George C. Wolfe
Written by: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Produced by: Todd Black
Denzel Washington

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