Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
It would be an empty world without the blues.
Nov 25, 2020 1h 33mRMusicDrama
6.7IMDb
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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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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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- Release date
- Nov 25, 2020
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- MPAA rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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