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.
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Viola Davis
Ma Rainey
Chadwick Boseman
Levee
Colman Domingo
Cutler
Glynn Turman
Toledo
Michael Potts
Slow Drag
Jeremy Shamos
Irvin
Jonny Coyne
Sturdyvant
Taylour Paige
Dussie Mae
Dusan Brown
Sylvester
Joshua Harto
Policeman
Quinn VanAntwerp
Band Singer
Chloe Davis
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Mayte Natalio
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Johanna Elmina Moise
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Onyxx Noel
Ma Rainey's Dancer
George C. Wolfe
Director
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Screenplay
Constanza Romero
Executive Producer
Denzel Washington
Producer
Todd Black
Producer
Dany Wolf
Producer
Tobias A. Schliessler
Director of Photography
Branford Marsalis
Original Music Composer
Andrew Mondshein
Editor
Ann Roth
Costume Design
Mark Ricker
Production Design
