Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

2020 · 93 min · Drama, Music

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.

Directed by George C. Wolfe. Starring Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman and Michael Potts.

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