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.
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
Bessie
2015
Cadillac Records
2008
I Am Woman
2020
Rocketman
2019
Hounddog
Mo' Better Blues
1990
Born to Be Blue
De-Lovely
2004
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Adjuster
1991
Marshall
2017
Beats
What's Love Got to Do with It
1993
Whiplash
2014
Valentino
1977
Wild Style
1982
Sarafina!
1992
The Mambo Kings
Battle of the Year
2013
Get On Up
