George C. Wolfe
‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Review: Boseman’s Electrifying Final Bow
A blues singer and her trumpeter have creative differences when it comes to her music.
‘Ma Rainey Black Bottom’ Exclusive Interview with Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, and Michael Potts
Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.
‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Review: Black Acting Blues
Chicago, 1927. A recording session. Tensions rise between Ma Rainey, her ambitious horn player and the white management determined to control the uncontrollable "Mother of the Blues". Based on Pulitze...