Rating: Overflowing

Studio: Netflix

Genre: History, Drama

Cast: Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, and Michael Potts

Director: George C. Wolfe

Writer: Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Based on: a play by August Wilson

Producers: Todd Black, Denzel washington Dany Wolfe

Music by: Branford Marsalis

Rated: R for language, some sexual content and brief violence

Release Date: 12/18/20

Favorite Character: Levee Green

Tagline: Everything comes out of the blues.

Quote: “The more music you have in the world, the fuller it is.”- Ma Rainey

Fun Facts: This is Chadwick Boseman’s final film debut.

The film’s makeup artists are the first colored people to be nominated (and won) for an oscar for this category.

This has nothing to do with the film, but ‘Black Bottom’ is an actual dance in the 1920’s which is popular with african americans.

In the play, Ma Rainey didn’t show up till later but in the film, she appears in the beginning.

Summary: In 1927, a singer and her band prepared to record their song.

The Review: For the late Chadwick Boseman’s last performance, he sure knows how to pull it off, making this amazingly crafted drama completely watchable.