The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 86% of the 6,766 2020s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic87/100
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
1,292 audience votes
Key crew
- Ruben Santiago-HudsonScreenplay
- Branford MarsalisOriginal Music Composer
- George C. WolfeDirector
Cast
- Viola DavisMa Rainey
- Chadwick BosemanLevee
- Colman DomingoCutler
- Glynn TurmanToledo
- Michael PottsSlow Drag
- Jeremy ShamosIrvin
- Jonny CoyneSturdyvant
- Taylour PaigeDussie Mae
- Dusan BrownSylvester
- Joshua HartoPoliceman
- Quinn VanAntwerpBand Singer
- Chloe DavisMa Rainey's Dancer
Stills
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Themes
chicago, illinoisrecording studiobased on play or musicalsingerlesbian relationshiplgbtblues musicblack lgbttrumpet player1920s
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