Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
It would be an empty world without the blues.
Film20201h 33m
DramaMusic
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- Director
- George C. Wolfe
- Language
- English
- Released
- 2020-11-25
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
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6.61,279 votes on TMDB
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6.6
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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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