Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

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Tensions and temperatures rise over the course of an afternoon recording session in 1920s Chicago as a band of musicians await trailblazing performer, the legendary "Mother of the Blues," Ma Rainey (Academy Award® winner Viola Davis). Late ... more

Tensions and temperatures rise over the course of an afternoon recording session in 1920s Chicago as a band of musicians await trailblazing performer, the legendary "Mother of the Blues," Ma Rainey (Academy Award® winner Viola Davis). Late to the session, the fearless, fiery Ma engages in a battle of wills with her white manager and producer over control of her music. As the band waits in the studio's claustrophobic rehearsal room, ambitious trumpeter Levee (Chadwick Boseman) - who has an eye for Ma's girlfriend and is determined to stake his own claim on the music industry - spurs his fellow musicians into an eruption of stories revealing truths that will forever change the course of their lives.

GENRE: Drama
MPAA RATING: R
RUN TIME: 94 minutes
RELEASE DATE: November 25, 2020
STARRING: Viola Davis , Chadwick Boseman , Glynn Turman , Colman Domingo , Michael Potts
DIRECTOR(S): George C. Wolfe
PRODUCER(S): Denzel Washington, Todd Black, Dany Wolf
WRITER(S): Ruben Santiago-Hudson
STUDIO: Netflix
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