With powerhouse performances by Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman, what film is centered on the “Mother of the Blues"?
Answer Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Chadwick Boseman’s final performance as an ambitious trumpet player in Ma Rainey's band is an intensely tragic one. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom sees the "Mother of the Blues," Ma Rainey (played expertly by Viola Davis), take from her white producers what she's earned.
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