Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
It would be an empty world without the blues.
2020 · 1h 33m · R 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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