Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
It would be an empty world without the blues.
2020
Rated
R
94
minutes
Drama, Music
Wikipedia
Directed By:
George C. Wolfe
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.
Language
English
Release Date
November 25, 2020
Cast
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)
Show Full Crew
Directing
George C. Wolfe
Director
Michele Ziegler
First Assistant Director
Xanthus Valan
Second Assistant Director
Megan Graham
Script Supervisor
Production
Denzel Washington
Producer
Avy Kaufman
Casting
Dany Wolf
Producer
Todd Black
Producer
Constanza Romero
Executive Producer
Sound
Skip Lievsay
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Skip Lievsay
Supervising Sound Editor
Branford Marsalis
Original Music Composer
Paul Urmson
Supervising Sound Editor
Editing
Art
James F. Truesdale
Art Direction
Karen O'Hara
Set Decoration
Wes Hottman
Assistant Art Director
Mark Ricker
Production Design
Travis Kerr
Set Designer
Paul Bucciarelli
Set Buyer
Darlene Salinas
Set Decorating Coordinator
Diana Stoughton
Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
Gary Archer
Prosthetics
Ann Roth
Costume Designer
Carl Fullerton
Makeup Artist
Sian Richards
Makeup Artist
Matiki Anoff
Makeup Department Head
Rachel Geary
Makeup Artist
Debi Young
Makeup Supervisor
Sergio Lopez-Rivera
Makeup Artist
Bethany Montecalvo
Makeup Artist
Bethany Townes
Makeup Artist
Jai Williams
Makeup Artist
Camera
Crew
Writing
Visual Effects