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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Tensions and temperatures rise at a Chicago music studio in 1927 when fiery, fearless blues singer Ma Rainey joins her band for a recording session. Adapted from August Wilson's play.

  • Drama, Music

  • Directed By:

    George C. Wolfe

  • Written By:

    Ruben Santiago-Hudson (screenplay by), August Wilson (based on the play by)

  • Cast:

    Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, Glynn Turman, Dusan Brown and Taylour Paige

  • Year:

    2020

"Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman deliver acting tour de force in August Wilson movie adaptation"
- Pete Hammond, Deadline
"Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis give an acting masterclass in Netflix's 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.'"
- Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly
"Rollicking and heartbreaking in equal measure, the period musical drama 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' plays all the right notes"
- Brian Truitt, USA Today
"Watching actors of this caliber lose themselves in characters of such aching humanity is ample reward, with Boseman's towering work standing as a testament to a blazing talent lost too soon."
- David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter