Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

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.

Director

George C. Wolfe

Writers

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Themes1920sbased on play or musicalblack lgbtblues musicchicago, illinoislesbian relationshiplgbtrecording studiosingertrumpet player