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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

DramaMusic

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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Cast

Viola DavisChadwick BosemanColman DomingoGlynn TurmanMichael PottsJeremy ShamosJonny CoyneTaylour PaigeDusan BrownJoshua HartoQuinn VanAntwerpChloe Davis

Director

George C. Wolfe

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