Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Film)
2020
Truly honored. Thank you, August Wilson, and everyone who breathed life into this movie.

8 NOMINATIONS!
Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.
Initial release: December 18, 2020
Director: George C. Wolfe
Screenplay: Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Music composed by Branford Marsalis
Producers: Denzel Washington, Todd Black
Starring Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo, Michael Potts, Glynn Turman, Dusan Brown, and Taylour Paige. Coming to Netflix

BWW Interview: Ruben Santiago-Hudson Talks Adapting MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM, Chadwick Boseman and More
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom comes to Netflix on December 18.
by Chloe Rabinowitz Dec. 13, 2020