Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

It would be an empty world without the blues.

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.

Director

George C. Wolfe

Screenplay

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Producer

Dany Wolf

Producer

Denzel Washington

Producer

Todd Black

Original Music Composer

Branford Marsalis

Director of Photography

Tobias A. Schliessler