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Tensions and temperatures rise over the course of an afternoon recording session in 1920s Chicago as a band of musicians await trailblazing performer, the legendary "Mother of the Blues," Ma Rainey (Academy Award® winner Viola Davis). Late to the session, the fearless, fiery Ma engages in a battle of wills with her white manager and producer over control of her music. As the band waits in the studios claustrophobic rehearsal room, ambitious trumpeter Levee (Chadwick Boseman) - who has an eye for Mas girlfriend and is determined to stake his own claim on the music industry - spurs his fellow musicians into an eruption of stories revealing truths that will forever change the course of their lives. Adapted from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilsons play, MA RAINEYS BLACK BOTTOM celebrates the transformative power of the blues and the artists who refuse to let societys prejudices dictate their worth. Directed by George C. Wolfe and adapted for the screen by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, the film is produced by Fences Oscar® nominees Denzel Washington and Todd Black. Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman, Michael Potts, Taylour Paige and Dusan Brown co-star alongside Grammy® winner Branford Marsalis score.
Chicago, 1927. While awaiting the arrival of the legendary American blues vocalist, , to record her best-known songs, the hand-picked members of her backing band--trombonist and band-leader Cutler, seasoned bassist Slow Drag, grizzled pianist Toledo, and cocky trumpeter Levee--kill time bantering on a hot, humid summer afternoon. Before long, tempers flare and painful secrets come to light, and as the demanding diva shows up late for the session, trouble is brewing. As a result, insolent ambition, self-assured arrogance, a deep generation gap, and centuries of black oppression get in the way of stamping Mas expressive, emotional voice on a vinyl record and wrap it up. But the defiant Mother of the Blues knows that she is the star of the show, and she wont be pushed around. After all, its what Ma says that counts.
Viola Davis
Ma Rainey
Chadwick Boseman
Levee
Glynn Turman
Toledo
Colman Domingo
Cutler
Michael Potts
Slow Drag
Jeremy Shamos
Irvin
Jonny Coyne
Sturdyvant
Taylour Paige
Dussie Mae
Dusan Brown
Sylvester
Joshua Harto
Policeman
Quinn VanAntwerp
Band Singer
Chloe Davis
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Mayte Natalio
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Johanna Elmina Moise
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Onyxx Noel
Ma Rainey's Dancer
LaWanda Hopkins
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Sierra Stewart
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Malaiyka Reid
Ma Rainey's Dancer
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