The first few moments of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom are electrifying. It's 1927 in rural Georgia. Hundreds of people, all of them Black, are lined up at the entrance to a huge tent. Inside, Ma Rainey, ...

Viola Davis is reflecting on working with Chadwick Boseman for the actor's last film, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. In an interview with The Times, the actress, 59, shared that no one on set knew Boseman, ...

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020) marks Chadwick Boseman’s final and most emotionally charged performance. Playing Levee Green, a fiery and ambitious trumpeter, Boseman brought heartbreaking intensity ...

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen is a film based on the career of Ma Rainey, an acclaimed blues singer, and the main character, that depicts a tumultuous recording session in 1920s ...

The Netflix film “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” boasts an all-star cast featuring, Viola Davis, the late Chadwick Boseman, Coleman Domingo (Euphoria, Selma) Michael Potts (The Wire,) Glynn Turman (Fargo) ...

NEW YORK -- The Oscar-nominated film "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" is the story of a pioneering blues singer during a recording session in the 1920s. The movie, based on an earlier play, received five ...

I hated the movie for two main reasons. The first being it feels more like a play then a movie, it felt to small in scope even though it’s set in the recording building. The second reason is Chadwick ...

It’s hard to believe that in 2021, we’re still talking about entertainment “firsts” for Black artists and creatives. But no matter how overdue, we’ll continue to celebrate them proudly, uplifting ...