Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

It would be an empty world without the blues.

Duration: 94 min

Release date: 2020-11-25

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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.

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Chadwick Boseman

Chadwick Boseman

Quinn VanAntwerp

Quinn VanAntwerp

as Ma Rainey's Dancer

as Ma Rainey's Dancer

Johanna Elmina Moise

Johanna Elmina Moise

as Ma Rainey's Dancer

as Ma Rainey's Dancer

LaWanda Hopkins

LaWanda Hopkins

as Ma Rainey's Dancer

as Ma Rainey's Dancer

as Ma Rainey's Dancer

Catherine Foster

Catherine Foster

as Ma Rainey's Dancer

as Laborer (uncredited)

as Chicago Worker (uncredited)

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Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Supervising Sound Editor

Bethany Montecalvo

Bethany Montecalvo

Supervising Sound Editor

Josephine Allegretti

Josephine Allegretti

Branford Marsalis

Branford Marsalis

Original Music Composer

Production Design

Constanza Romero

Constanza Romero

Executive Producer

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Andrew Mondshein

Andrew Mondshein

George C. Wolfe

George C. Wolfe

Costume Designer

Tobias A. Schliessler

Tobias A. Schliessler

Director of Photography

Diana Stoughton

Diana Stoughton

Darlene Salinas

Darlene Salinas

Set Decorating Coordinator

Second Assistant Director

Paul Bucciarelli

Paul Bucciarelli

James F. Truesdale

James F. Truesdale

Script Supervisor

Assistant Art Director

Michele Ziegler

Michele Ziegler

First Assistant Director

Stunt Coordinator

Makeup Department Head

Sergio Lopez-Rivera

Sergio Lopez-Rivera

Makeup Supervisor

Bob E. Krattiger

Bob E. Krattiger

Dailies Operator

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