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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 ...
This adaptation of Wilson’s play is the second in a ten-part cycle that chronicles the Black experience throughout the course of the 20th century. It’s produced by Denzel Washington, who himself ...
X’ydee Alexander, Evan Lewis Smith, Jeff Nahan, James Herriotte, Matt Hollerbach, Melanie Jones, Will Bryson, T. Pharoah Muhammad, and Antoine McKay in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Credit: Courtesy photo ...
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association issued their annual awards last week. The association is considered one of most prestigious group of critics in the entertainment industry and their honors ...
HIGH POINT — Two performances of the play “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” will be presented Saturday at Jackie’s Place event and entertainment venue, located at 607 Washington St. Performances will be at 3 ...
LOS ANGELES, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Film drama "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" may be set in the racially divided United States of the 1920s and was written almost 40 years ago, but it arrives with much to say ...
August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom tells the story of the legendary blues singer Gertrude "Ma" Rainey in 1927 Chicago, highlighting her struggles against systemic oppression in the music ...