Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

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.

  • Released: 2020-11-25
  • Runtime: 94 minutes
  • Genre: Drama, Music
  • Stars: Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, Jonny Coyne, Taylour Paige, Jeremy Shamos, Dusan Brown, Joshua Harto, Quinn VanAntwerp, Antonio Fierro, Roger Petan, Daniel Johnson
  • Director: George C. Wolfe
 Comments
  • Wordwhisperer - 1 January 2023
    I thought it's about the music
    I really thought this movie it's all about the music, but I was completely wrong. It's only about some people arguing, other complaining and Ma Rainey being shown as one huge egocentristic person, reduced to someone that does not care about anything else but her. The movie is boring, the script is weak, the acting, except for Chadwick Boseman, is way beyond what a movie should be.

    This should have been a celebration of music, a celebration of great people doing great things, but they are all reduced to small chit-chats, with no story, only for some people to have their agenda present in the movie.
  • HassanRahshaanMohamed - 20 January 2022
    One chapter from the life of Ma Rainey
    Mother of the Blues, Ma Rainey's biography film. The movie solely depicts one of their recording session in Universal Studios. Chadwick Boseman's remarkable acting is what makes this film great.