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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Cast
- Viola DavisMa Rainey
- Chadwick BosemanLevee
- Colman DomingoCutler
- Glynn TurmanToledo
- Michael PottsSlow Drag
- Jeremy ShamosIrvin
- Jonny CoyneSturdyvant
- Taylour PaigeDussie Mae
- Dusan BrownSylvester
- Joshua HartoPoliceman
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- George C. WolfeDirector
- Ruben Santiago-HudsonScreenplay
- Tobias A. SchliesslerDirector of Photography
- Branford MarsalisOriginal Music Composer
- Andrew MondsheinEditor
- Dany WolfProducer
- Denzel WashingtonProducer
- Todd BlackProducer
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