Chicago, 1927. While singer Ma Rainey (Viola Davis) squares off with white management over her music at a recording session, ambitious trumpeter Levee (Chadwick Boseman) has an eye on Ma’s girlfriend Dussie Mae (Taylour Paige) and his heart set on launching his own career. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is a 2020 American drama film directed by George C. Wolfe and written by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, based on the play of the same name by August Wilson.
“Rollicking and heartbreaking in equal measure, the period musical drama “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” plays all the right notes…” – USA Today
“[W]atching actors of this caliber lose themselves in characters of such aching humanity is ample reward, with Boseman’s towering work standing as a testament to a blazing talent lost too soon.” – Hollywood Reporter
