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“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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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a drama, music film released in 2020 exploring themes of chicago, illinois, recording studio, based on play or musical, singer, lesbian relationship, lgbt. Directed by George C. Wolfe, it stars Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Colman Domingo. 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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