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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

R ★ 6.6/10 93 min Drama, Music United States English
Director: George C. Wolfe
Screenplay by: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Theatre Play: August Wilson
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It would be an empty world without the blues.

Description

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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Top Cast

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

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Appears on 2 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures #669
Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux
Metacritic #596

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