Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
"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.
Cast
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)
Crew
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