Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

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The final note on the screen for Chadwick Boseman was achieved in the most enduring ways with his turn as trumpet player Levee in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. The stage play by August Wilson (Fences) comes to life on Netflix. Directed by George C. Wolfe, the cinematic Ma Rainey’s Black […]

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