Bessie

The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.

• Rachel PortmanOriginal Music Composer
• Dee ReesDirector
• Bettina GiloisScreenplay
• Dee ReesScreenplay
• Christopher ClevelandScreenplay

• Queen LatifahBessie Smith
• Mo'NiqueMa Rainey
• Mike EppsRichard
• Tika SumpterLucille
• Michael Kenneth WilliamsJack Gee
• Charles S. DuttonWilliam 'Pa' Rainey
• Bryan GreenbergJohn Hammond
• Oliver PlattCarl Van Vechten
• Khandi AlexanderViola
• Tory KittlesClarence
• Kamryn JohnsonYoung Bessie
• Rikki McKinneyChorus Guy