“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.
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
Deceitful Appearances
L'Animale
Imagine Me & You
Ghost World
Curse of the Golden Flower
Breakfast on Pluto
High Fidelity
Dreamgirls
Chicago
Les Biches
Some Like It Hot
The Jazz Singer
Summertime
Rope
Pohjalaisia
The Dance Exponents: Why Does Love?
Lili Marleen
Me and You and Everyone We Know
The Chinese Botanist's Daughters