Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Release: 2020-11-25
·Runtime: 94m
·★ 6.6
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
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Viola Davis
as Ma Rainey
Chadwick Boseman
as Levee
Colman Domingo
as Cutler
Jonny Coyne
as Sturdyvant
Taylour Paige
as Dussie Mae
Joshua Harto
as Policeman
Glynn Turman
as Toledo
Michael Potts
as Slow Drag
Daniel Johnson
as Chicago Worker (uncredited)
Quinn VanAntwerp
as Band Singer
Jeremy Shamos
as Irvin
Dusan Brown
as Sylvester
Crew
Avy Kaufman
Casting
August Wilson
Theatre Play
George C. Wolfe
Director
Andrew Mondshein
Editor
Tobias A. Schliessler
Director of Photography
Gary Archer
Prosthetics
Josephine Allegretti
Visual Effects
Todd Black
Producer
Chuck Jeffreys
Stunt Coordinator
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Screenplay
Skip Lievsay
Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor
Denzel Washington
Producer
Branford Marsalis
Original Music Composer
Michele Ziegler
First Assistant Director
Ann Roth
Costume Designer
Travis Kerr
Set Designer