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  2. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (film) - Wikipedia

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    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 2020 American drama film directed by George C. Wolfe and written by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, based on the 1982 play of the same name by August Wilson. The film stars Viola Davis , Chadwick Boseman , Glynn Turman , Colman Domingo , and Michael Potts .

  3. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Wikipedia

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    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 1982 play – one of the ten-play Century Cycle by August Wilson – that chronicles the 20th-century African-American experience. The play is set in a recording studio in 1920s Chicago, and deals with issues of race, art, religion, and the historic exploitation of black recording artists by white producers.

  4. Read the Script for ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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    In George C. Wolfe’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” tensions rise as Ma Rainey, played by Academy Award winner Viola Davis and her ambitious trumpet player, Levee, played by Chadwick Boseman.

  5. Who Is Ma Rainey? How the 'Mother of the Blues' Became ... - AOL

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    Now streaming on Netflix, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, starring Viola Davis as the brazen blues legend and Chadwick Boseman in his final film role, has brought new attention to Rainey’s ...

  6. ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Review: Chadwick ... - AOL

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    In “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” introductions matter. Whether or not audiences know the real Ma Rainey’s reputation as “mother of the blues,” August Wilson ensures that this musical ...

  7. Black Bottom (dance) - Wikipedia

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    "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom", a 1920s blues song by Ma Rainey, makes obvious allusions to the dance but is not itself dance music. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is also the title of a 1982 play by August Wilson, set around recording of the song. [10] Wilson's play was adapted into a 2020 movie of the same name starring Viola Davis as Ma Rainey.

  8. Greasepaint And Horsehair: How ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’s ...

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    On Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, hair and makeup designers Mia Neal, Sergio Lopez-Rivera and Matiki Anoff worked to transform Viola Davis into the titular Georgia singer known as the “Mother of ...

  9. Ma Rainey - Wikipedia

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    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, a 1982 play by August Wilson, is a fictionalized account of a recording of her song of the same title set in 1927. Theresa Merritt and Whoopi Goldberg starred as Rainey in the Original and Revival Broadway productions, respectively.