Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
“It would be an empty world without the blues.”
Ma Rainey (Viola Davis), the Mother of the Blues, arrives at a Chicago recording studio in 1927 on her own schedule and with her own demands. Her band waits in the basement rehearsal room, among them the ambitious trumpeter Levee (Chadwick Boseman), and George C. Wolfe adapts August Wilson's play into one long, airless session. Everything said down there is about who owns the music and who gets paid for it.
Quinn VanAntwerpas Band Singer
Chloe Davisas Ma Rainey's Dancer
Mayte Natalioas Ma Rainey's Dancer
Johanna Elmina Moiseas Ma Rainey's Dancer
Onyxx Noelas Ma Rainey's Dancer
LaWanda Hopkinsas Ma Rainey's Dancer
Sierra Stewartas Ma Rainey's Dancer
Malaiyka Reidas Ma Rainey's Dancer
Catherine Fosteras Ma Rainey's Dancer
Antonio Fierroas Laborer (uncredited)
