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.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is of 1 hour(s) and 34 minute(s). It is Produced By: Escape Artists, Mundy Lane Entertainment. It was released on 2020-11-25. It has the tagline: It would be an empty world without the blues. It has an average vote of 6.672 on TMDB.
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