Ruben Santiago-Hudson

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

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BWW-Interview-Ruben-Santiago-Hudson-Talks-Adapting-MA-RAINEYS-BLACK-BOTTOM-Chadwick-Boseman-and-More-20201213?fbclid=IwAR3GeswmS9apKBMFE00nI8AfZ90W-LHv7EOU8BuWyA1H_-DWrEHIGZ117nE.    

August gives people the experience of African American life. It’s not history, it’s the experience. And that experience makes you look at me a different way.”
~ RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON