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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.
Keywords
chicago, illinois
recording studio
based on play or musical
singer
lesbian relationship
lgbt
blues music
black lgbt
trumpet player
1920s
Casts

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
Mayte Natalio
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Johanna Elmina Moise
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Onyxx Noel
Ma Rainey's Dancer
LaWanda Hopkins
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Sierra Stewart
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Malaiyka Reid
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Catherine Foster
Ma Rainey's Dancer
Antonio Fierro
Laborer (uncredited)

Daniel Johnson
Chicago Worker (uncredited)
Crews

Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Screenplay

Gary Archer
Prosthetics

Skip Lievsay
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Skip Lievsay
Supervising Sound Editor
Rachel Geary
Makeup Artist
Bethany Montecalvo
Makeup Artist
Paul Urmson
Supervising Sound Editor
Bethany Townes
Makeup Artist
Jai Williams
Makeup Artist

August Wilson
Theatre Play

Josephine Allegretti
Visual Effects
Dany Wolf
Producer

Branford Marsalis
Original Music Composer
Mark Ricker
Production Design
Constanza Romero
Executive Producer

Denzel Washington
Producer

Andrew Mondshein
Editor

George C. Wolfe
Director

Todd Black
Producer

Ann Roth
Costume Designer

Avy Kaufman
Casting

Tobias A. Schliessler
Director of Photography
Karen O'Hara
Set Decoration
Diana Stoughton
Set Decoration
Darlene Salinas
Set Decorating Coordinator
Xanthus Valan
Second Assistant Director
Paul Bucciarelli
Set Buyer

Travis Kerr
Set Designer
James F. Truesdale
Art Direction
Megan Graham
Script Supervisor
Wes Hottman
Assistant Art Director

Michele Ziegler
First Assistant Director

Chuck Jeffreys
Stunt Coordinator
Matiki Anoff
Makeup Department Head
Sergio Lopez-Rivera
Makeup Artist
Sian Richards
Makeup Artist
Debi Young
Makeup Supervisor
Carl Fullerton
Makeup Artist
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