Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Release: 2020-11-25
·Runtime: 94m
·★ 6.7
Drama
Music
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Escape Artists
Mundy Lane Entertainment
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 Sturdyvant
Taylour Paige
as Dussie Mae
Dusan Brown
as Sylvester
Joshua Harto
as Policeman
Quinn VanAntwerp
as Band Singer
Daniel Johnson
as Chicago Worker (uncredited)
Crew
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Screenplay
Gary Archer
Prosthetics
Skip Lievsay
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Skip Lievsay
Supervising Sound Editor
August Wilson
Theatre Play
Josephine Allegretti
Visual Effects
George C. Wolfe
Director
Andrew Mondshein
Editor
Branford Marsalis
Original Music Composer
Todd Black
Producer
Ann Roth
Costume Designer
Denzel Washington
Producer
Michele Ziegler
First Assistant Director
Tobias A. Schliessler
Director of Photography
Avy Kaufman
Casting
Travis Kerr
Set Designer
Chuck Jeffreys
Stunt Coordinator