It would be an empty world without the blues.
Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.
Viola Davis
Ma Rainey
Chadwick Boseman
Levee
Colman Domingo
Cutler
Glynn Turman
Toledo
Michael Potts
Slow Drag
Jeremy Shamos
Irvin
Bessie
Cadillac Records
Rocketman
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Mo' Better Blues
Born to Be Blue
Crossroads
Hounddog
The Five Heartbeats
Beats
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The Adjuster