Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

2020 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
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Drama Biography Music Racism 1920s

Tensions and temperatures rise over the course of an afternoon recording session in 1920s Chicago as a band of musicians await trailblazing performer, the legendary "Mother of the Blues," Ma Rainey (Academy Award® winner Viola Davis). Late to the session, the fearless, fiery Ma engages in a battle of wills with her white manager and producer over control of her music. As the band waits in the studio's claustrophobic rehearsal room, ambitious trumpeter Levee (Chadwick Boseman) - who has an eye for Ma's girlfriend and is determined to stake his own claim on the music industry - spurs his fellow musicians into an eruption of stories revealing truths that will forever change the course of their lives. Adapted from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson's play, MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM celebrates the transformative power of the blues and the artists who refuse to let society's prejudices dictate their worth. Directed by George C. Wolfe and adapted for the screen by Ruben ...

Direction George C. Wolfe

Cast Viola Davis · Chadwick Boseman · Glynn Turman · Colman Domingo · Joshua Harto · Taylour Paige · Jonny Coyne · Jeremy Shamos · Michael Potts · Scott Matheny · Dusan Brown · Phil Nardozzi · Daniel Johnson · Roger Petan · Ron L. Haynes · William Kania · Gregory Bromfield · Jordan Rhone · DaJuan Rippy · Antonio Fierro · Tony Amen · Shane McNair · Jacob Wright · Chris McCail · Malik Abdul Khaaliq · Sierra Stewart · Patrick Raffaele · Brent Feitl · Eric Sharpe · Remington Sinclair

Soundtrack Branford Marsalis

Screenplay Ruben Santiago-Hudson · August Wilson

Cinematography Tobias A. Schliessler

Original title Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

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