Official Discussion - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom [SPOILERS]

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Summary:

Chicago, 1927. A recording session. Tensions rise between Ma Rainey, her ambitious horn player and the white management determined to control the uncontrollable "Mother of the Blues". Based on Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson's play.

Director:

George C. Wolfe

Writers:

Ruben Santiago-Hudson (screenplay by), August Wilson (based on the play written by)

Cast:

• Viola Davis as Ma Rainey
• Chadwick Boseman as Levee
• Colman Domingo as Cutler
• Glynn Turman as Toledo
• Michael Potts as Slow Drag
• Jeremy Shamos as Irvin
• Jonny Coyne as Sturyvant

Rotten Tomatoes: 99%

Metacritic: 88

VOD: Netflix

Submitted December 19, 2020 at 10:42AM by LiteraryBoner https://ift.tt/3h2YTNc