Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
It would be an empty world without the blues.
Directed by George C. Wolfe
Produced by Escape Artists, Mundy Lane Entertainment
A tense, character-driven drama about power, art, and survival in 1920s Black America, anchored by the complex relationships within a blues recording session.
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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