Tensions escalated during the recording session between Ma Rainey, her strong horn player, and a white manager determined to control the unruly Mother of the Blues.
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Author: George C. Wolfe:
Ruben Santiago-Hudson (film screenings and), August Wilson (based on a play written by) Stars:
Facebook Facebook logo Sign up for Facebook to connect with Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman The tension and heat increased during an afternoon recording session in Chicago in the 1920s as a group of musicians waited for the fierce actress, the legendary Mother of the Brains, Ma Rainey (Viola Davis University Award Winner). At the end of the session, the nervous and fierce Ma fights with her white manager and producer to control the music. While the group waits in the studio gym, active athlete Levee (Chadwick Boseman) – who has a concern for Ma’s lover and has decided to make his claim to the music industry – prompts his fellow musicians to blow up provocative stories that will change their lives forever. Taken from two -time Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson, MA RAINEY’S BLOT BOTTOM celebrates the power of brain transformation and artists who reject social discrimination to determine their value. Directed by George C. Wolfe and directed by Ruben …