Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

It would be an empty world without the blues.

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.

Drama Music

Viola Davis

(Ma Rainey)

Chadwick Boseman

(Levee)

Colman Domingo

(Cutler)

Glynn Turman

(Toledo)

Michael Potts

(Slow Drag)

Jeremy Shamos

(Irvin)

Jonny Coyne

(Sturdyvant)

Taylour Paige

(Dussie Mae)

Dusan Brown

(Sylvester)

Joshua Harto

(Policeman)

Quinn VanAntwerp

(Band Singer)

Chloe Davis

(Ma Rainey's Dancer)

Mayte Natalio

(Ma Rainey's Dancer)

Johanna Elmina Moise

(Ma Rainey's Dancer)

Onyxx Noel

(Ma Rainey's Dancer)

LaWanda Hopkins

(Ma Rainey's Dancer)

Sierra Stewart

(Ma Rainey's Dancer)

Malaiyka Reid

(Ma Rainey's Dancer)

Catherine Foster

(Ma Rainey's Dancer)

Antonio Fierro

(Laborer (uncredited))

Daniel Johnson

(Chicago Worker (uncredited))