"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
ABOUT 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.
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Directed By:
George C. Wolfe
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Written By:
Ruben Santiago-Hudson (screenplay by), August Wilson (based on the play by)
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Cast:
Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, Glynn Turman, Dusan Brown and Taylour Paige
"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