Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
It would be an empty world without the blues.
94 min
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.
- Release date
- December 18, 2020
- Country of origin
- United States
Where to watch
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Trailer
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
- Daniel Johnson as Chicago Worker (uncredited)
Crew
- George C. Wolfe · Director
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson · Writer
- August Wilson · Writer
- Todd Black · Producer
- Denzel Washington · Producer
- Dany Wolf · Producer
- Branford Marsalis · Composer
- Tobias A. Schliessler · Cinematographer
- Andrew Mondshein · Editor
- Avy Kaufman · Casting director
- Mark Ricker · Production designer