It would be an empty world without the blues.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
20201h 33mDramaMusic
6.6
TMDB
1,300 votes
Trailer
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Official Trailer | Netflix · plays on YouTube
Where to watch
United StatesStream
- Netflix
- Netflix Standard with Ads
Availability from JustWatch
Synopsis
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.
- Directed by
- George C. Wolfe
- Written by
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson, August Wilson
Cast
Viola Davis
Ma Rainey
Chadwick Boseman
Levee
Colman Domingo
Cutler
Glynn Turman
Toledo
Michael Potts
Slow Drag
Jeremy Shamos
Irvin
Jonny Coyne
Sturdyvant
Taylour Paige
Dussie Mae
Dusan Brown
Sylvester
Joshua Harto
Policeman
Quinn VanAntwerp
Band Singer
CH
Chloe Davis
Ma Rainey's Dancer
MA
Mayte Natalio
Ma Rainey's Dancer
JO
Johanna Elmina Moise
Ma Rainey's Dancer
ON
Onyxx Noel
Ma Rainey's Dancer
LA
LaWanda Hopkins
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Details
- Released
- November 25, 2020
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
