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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 1982 play – one of the ten-play Century Cycle by August Wilson – that chronicles the 20th-century African-American experience. The play is set in a recording studio in 1920s Chicago , and deals with issues of race, art, religion, and the historic exploitation of black recording artists by white producers.
Watch Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Netflix Official Site. Tensions and temperatures rise at a Chicago music studio in 1927 when fiery, fearless blues singer Ma Rainey joins her band for a recording session. Watch trailers & learn more.
Dec 18, 2020 · Odie Henderson December 18, 2020. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is a celebration of three real-life Black artists and legends. There’s the blues singer, often referred to as the “Mother of the Blues,” whose name and song give the film its title.
Watch Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen | Netflix Official Site. Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, George C. Wolfe and more share the heart, soul and history that brought August Wilson’s timeless play to the screen. Watch trailers & learn more.
Dec 18, 2020 · Ma Rainey's Black Bottom was August Wilson's first Broadway hit — and a preamble to his cycle of award-winning plays about the African-American experience across the 20th Century that...
Adapted from two-time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson's play, MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM celebrates the transformative power of the blues and the artists who refuse to let society's prejudices dictate their worth.
Mar 24, 2021 · Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, a film adaptation of August Wilson’s 1984 play by the same name, explores the exploitation of Black musicians in America during the Great Migration.
