Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
6.9
“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.
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Cast
21 people
Viola Davis
Ma Rainey
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Chadwick Boseman
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Colman Domingo
Cutler
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Michael Potts
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Jeremy Shamos
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Taylour Paige
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Joshua Harto
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Quinn VanAntwerp
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Chloe Davis
Ma Rainey's Dancer
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George C. Wolfe Director · Ruben Santiago-Hudson Screenplay August Wilson Author
United States release November 25, 2020 · Produced in United States · Production Mundy Lane Entertainment, Netflix Studios
Production
Escape Artists
Production
Mundy Lane Entertainment
Production
Netflix Studios
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 25, 2020
Limited theatrical
United States · December 18, 2020
Digital · Netflix
Australia
December 18, 2020 · Digital · Netflix
Brazil
December 18, 2020 · Digital · Netflix
January 11, 2021 · Digital · NETFLIX mj.gov.br
France
December 18, 2020 · Digital · Netflix
Germany
December 18, 2020 · Digital · Netflix
Hungary
December 18, 2020 · Digital
Ireland
December 4, 2020 · Limited theatrical
Italy
December 18, 2020 · Digital
Japan
December 18, 2020 · Digital
Poland
December 18, 2020 · Digital
Singapore
December 18, 2020 · Digital · Netflix
South Korea
December 18, 2020 · Digital · Netflix
Spain
December 18, 2020 · Digital · Netflix
Türkiye
December 18, 2020 · Digital · Netflix
United Kingdom
December 3, 2020 · Limited theatrical
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