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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom2020

★6.693 minDramaMusic

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.

Director

George C. Wolfe

Writer

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Score

Branford Marsalis

Stars

Viola Davis Chadwick Boseman Colman Domingo

Cast21

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
C
Chloe Davis
as Ma Rainey's Dancer
M
Mayte Natalio
as Ma Rainey's Dancer
J
Johanna Elmina Moise
as Ma Rainey's Dancer
O
Onyxx Noel
as Ma Rainey's Dancer
L
LaWanda Hopkins
as Ma Rainey's Dancer
S
Sierra Stewart
as Ma Rainey's Dancer
M
Malaiyka Reid
as Ma Rainey's Dancer
C
Catherine Foster
as Ma Rainey's Dancer
A
Antonio Fierro
as Laborer (uncredited)
Daniel Johnson
as Chicago Worker (uncredited)

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