Ma Rainey's Black Bottom(2020)
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.
Movie: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
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Ma Rainey
Levee
Cutler
Toledo
Slow Drag
Irvin
Sturdyvant
Dussie Mae
Sylvester
Policeman
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