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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

94 mins

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DRAMA

MUSIC

Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927.

adapted from a play by August Wilson

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name	character
Chadwick Boseman	Levee Green
Dusan Brown	Sylvester
Jonny Coyne	Sturdyvant
Viola Davis	Ma Rainey
Colman Domingo	Cutler
Antonio Fierro	Laborer
Joshua Harto	Policeman
Taylour Paige	Dussie Mae
Roger Petan	Businessman
Michael Potts	Slow Drag
Jeremy Shamos	Irvin
Glynn Turman	Toledo
Quinn VanAntwerp	Band Singer

name
Todd Black	producer
Branford Marsalis	composer
Ruben Santiago-Hudson	writer (original)
Denzel Washington	producer
August Wilson	writer (original)
Dany Wolf	producer
George C. Wolfe	director

award	category	name	year
Golden Globe Award	Best Actor	Chadwick Boseman	2020