Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

6.7
  • Genre: DramaMusic
  • Run time: 94 min
  • Premiere: 2020. November 25.

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.

Discover

Viola Davis

Ma Rainey

Michael Potts

Slow Drag

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

LaWanda Hopkins

Ma Rainey's Dancer

Sierra Stewart

Ma Rainey's Dancer

Malaiyka Reid

Ma Rainey's Dancer

Catherine Foster

Ma Rainey's Dancer

Antonio Fierro

Laborer (uncredited)

Daniel Johnson

Chicago Worker (uncredited)

Art

Mark Ricker

Production Design

James F. Truesdale

Art Direction

Travis Kerr

Set Designer

Wes Hottman

Assistant Art Director

Karen O'Hara

Set Decoration

Diana Stoughton

Set Decoration

Darlene Salinas

Set Decorating Coordinator

Camera

Tobias A. Schliessler

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Gary Archer

Prosthetics

Rachel Geary

Makeup Artist

Bethany Montecalvo

Makeup Artist

Bethany Townes

Makeup Artist

Jai Williams

Makeup Artist

Ann Roth

Costume Designer

Matiki Anoff

Makeup Department Head

Sergio Lopez-Rivera

Makeup Artist

Sian Richards

Makeup Artist

Carl Fullerton

Makeup Artist

Debi Young

Makeup Supervisor

Crew

Chuck Jeffreys

Stunt Coordinator

Directing

Michele Ziegler

First Assistant Director

Xanthus Valan

Second Assistant Director

Megan Graham

Script Supervisor

Editing

Production

Todd Black

Producer

Dany Wolf

Producer

Constanza Romero

Executive Producer

Avy Kaufman

Casting

Sound

Skip Lievsay

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Skip Lievsay

Supervising Sound Editor

Paul Urmson

Supervising Sound Editor

Branford Marsalis

Original Music Composer

Writing

August Wilson

Theatre Play

Art

Mark Ricker

Production Design

James F. Truesdale

Art Direction

Travis Kerr

Set Designer

Wes Hottman

Assistant Art Director

Karen O'Hara

Set Decoration

Diana Stoughton

Set Decoration

Darlene Salinas

Set Decorating Coordinator

Camera

Tobias A. Schliessler

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Gary Archer

Prosthetics

Rachel Geary

Makeup Artist

Bethany Montecalvo

Makeup Artist

Bethany Townes

Makeup Artist

Jai Williams

Makeup Artist

Ann Roth

Costume Designer

Matiki Anoff

Makeup Department Head

Sergio Lopez-Rivera

Makeup Artist

Sian Richards

Makeup Artist

Carl Fullerton

Makeup Artist

Debi Young

Makeup Supervisor

Crew

Chuck Jeffreys

Stunt Coordinator

Directing

Michele Ziegler

First Assistant Director

Xanthus Valan

Second Assistant Director

Megan Graham

Script Supervisor

Editing

Production

Todd Black

Producer

Dany Wolf

Producer

Constanza Romero

Executive Producer

Avy Kaufman

Casting

Sound

Skip Lievsay

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Skip Lievsay

Supervising Sound Editor

Paul Urmson

Supervising Sound Editor

Branford Marsalis

Original Music Composer

Writing

August Wilson

Theatre Play