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It would be an empty world without the blues.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

6.62020 · 1h 33m · EN

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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.

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Viola Davis

Ma Rainey

Chadwick Boseman

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Colman Domingo

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Glynn Turman

Toledo

Michael Potts

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Jeremy Shamos

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Director: George C. Wolfe
Status: Released
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