


Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
"It would be an empty world without the blues."
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.
Trailer

Viola Davis
Ma Rainey

Chadwick Boseman
Levee

Colman Domingo
Cutler

Glynn Turman
Toledo

Michael Potts
Slow Drag

Jeremy Shamos
Irvin

Jonny Coyne
Sturdyvant

Taylour Paige
Dussie Mae

Dusan Brown
Sylvester

Joshua Harto
Policeman

Quinn VanAntwerp
Band Singer
Chloe Davis
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Mayte Natalio
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Johanna Elmina Moise
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Onyxx Noel
Ma Rainey's Dancer
LaWanda Hopkins
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Sierra Stewart
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Malaiyka Reid
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Catherine Foster
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Antonio Fierro
Laborer (uncredited)

Daniel Johnson
Chicago Worker (uncredited)
Recommendations

Mank
20206.7movie

One Night in Miami...
20207.0movie

Blow the Man Down
20196.2movie

Pieces of a Woman
20207.0movie

Da 5 Bloods
20206.5movie

Vivere
20195.5movie

Miss Marx
20206.0movie

ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
20196.9movie

#AnneFrank. Parallel Stories
20197.1movie

The Forty-Year-Old Version
20206.7movie

Residue
20205.6movie

Harvie Krumpet
20037.4movie

Insert Coin
20206.9movie

Golden Door
20066.5movie

Adventures of a Mathematician
20216.2movie

At Land
19447.2movie

Josep
20207.5movie

Numero Zero: The Roots of Italian Rap
20157.7movie

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
20206.2movie

Phone
20026.1movie