"It would be an empty world without the blues."

2020

1h 33m

6.6(1287 votes)

Drama

Music

Overview

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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10 featured cast members

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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

Creative team

Directed by: George C. Wolfe
Written by: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Produced by: Todd Black
Dany Wolf

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