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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
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.
🏳️🌈 The acclaimed historical blues drama explicitly incorporates a major, high-stakes sáfic subplot, tracking Ma Rainey’s (Viola Davis) explicit romantic possessiveness over her female lover, Dussie Mae.
Cast
Viola Davis Viola Davis Ma Rainey
Chadwick Boseman Chadwick Boseman Levee
Colman Domingo Colman Domingo Cutler
Glynn Turman Glynn Turman Toledo
Michael Potts Michael Potts Slow Drag
Jeremy Shamos Jeremy Shamos Irvin
Jonny Coyne Jonny Coyne Sturdyvant
Taylour Paige Taylour Paige Dussie Mae
Dusan Brown Dusan Brown Sylvester
Joshua Harto Joshua Harto Policeman
Quinn VanAntwerp Quinn VanAntwerp Band Singer
Chloe Davis Chloe Davis Ma Rainey's Dancer
Mayte Natalio Mayte Natalio Ma Rainey's Dancer
Johanna Elmina Moise Johanna Elmina Moise Ma Rainey's Dancer
Onyxx Noel Onyxx Noel Ma Rainey's Dancer
LaWanda Hopkins LaWanda Hopkins Ma Rainey's Dancer
Sierra Stewart Sierra Stewart Ma Rainey's Dancer
Malaiyka Reid Malaiyka Reid Ma Rainey's Dancer
Catherine Foster Catherine Foster Ma Rainey's Dancer
Antonio Fierro Antonio Fierro Laborer (uncredited)
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