Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Drama
Music
It would be an empty world without the blues.
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.
2020-11-25
en
Cast
Director
George C. Wolfe
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
Daniel Johnson as Chicago Worker (uncredited)