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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. ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Composer Branford Marsalis ...

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    Levee, an ambitious young trumpet player, is a source of conflict as he dreams of big things for his music future. ... The very core of George C. Wolfe’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is the ...

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

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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 ...

  8. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is finally out on Netflix and the film that stars Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman is nothing short of triumphant. Executive produced by Denzel Washington and directed ...

  9. List of black Academy Award winners and nominees - Wikipedia

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    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: Levee Green Nominated First African-American actor to receive a posthumous nomination. Third film to feature African-American nominees for both Best Actor and Best Actress. 2021: Will Smith King Richard: Richard Williams: Won