In a year when thousands gathered on the streets chanting ‘Black Lives Matter’, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom finding screen space appears like a detailed explanation to why the movement is so important to many across the world. Undoubtedly Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman are the cores of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottoms and early on director George C Wolfe makes it …
NEW YORK — Like many of those involved in the making of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” it’s not easy for Viola Davis to summarize what playwright August Wilson has meant to her except to answer, “Everything.” Davis’ first stage role was in Wilson’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.” She made her Broadway debut in his “Seven Guitars” and won a …
Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES — “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” was always going to be an event picture, even on Netflix, where it will be available Friday. — Director George C. Wolfe said that when he signed on to direct “Ma Rainey’s …
Los Angeles: Period drama “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”, an adaptation of August Wilson’s award-winning play of the same name, is slated to be released on December 18, Netflix has announced. The film also marks the last cinematic appearance of “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman, who passed away in August following a private, four year-long battle with colon cancer. “Viola Davis …
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