Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

94 mins | Drama, Music | Nov. 25, 2020

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.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

94 mins | Drama, Music | Nov. 25, 2020

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Escape Artists, Mundy Lane Entertainment
Original title Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Directors Megan Graham, Michele Ziegler, Xanthus Valan, George C. Wolfe
Writers August Wilson, Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Cast

Chadwick Boseman

as Levee Green

Viola Davis

as Ma Rainey

Glynn Turman

as Toledo

Colman Domingo

as Cutler

Michael Potts

as Slow Drag

Jonny Coyne

as Sturdyvant

Taylour Paige

as Dussie Mae

Jeremy Shamos

as Irvin

Dusan Brown

as Sylvester

Joshua Harto

as Policeman

Quinn VanAntwerp

as Band Singer

Antonio Fierro

as Laborer (uncredited)

Daniel Johnson

as Chicago Worker (uncredited)