

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020 • 1h 33m • Drama, Music
97%Rotten Tomatoes
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.
- Director
- George C. Wolfe
- Writers
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson
- Status
- Released
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