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The True Story Behind Viola Davis' Character in'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Kayla Keegan On December 18, Netflix released the new film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, a drama adapted from a play of the same name, written by late Pulitzer-winning playwright August Wilson. Produced by Viola Davis, the movie centers around real-life blues pioneer Gertrude"Ma" Rainey, on the day that she and her band record a song called"Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom." Watching Viola depict Ma, it's clear the Oscar-winning actress did a lot of preparation to portray the powerful, bawdy, and charismatic s...

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'Ma Rainey's' Screenwriter Ruben Santiago-Hudson: 'Black Women Were Revolutionary' Ruben Santiago-Hudson, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail But in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” we tell the story of this singular icon, Ma Rainey. More from Variety She was a giant in her field and her time. What a lot of people don’t understand about the 1920s is that there were at least 100 blues women recording records — from Paramount to Columbia and with the smaller record labels. Great women like Ida Cox, Clara Smith and Victoria Spivey were recording. In their own right, they were giants. In the �...

Credit: Sami Drasin for EW Breakout Moment: Dublin's Gate Theatre can claim credit for discovering the actor, but the BBC/Hulu adaptation of Sally Rooney's Normal People — streamed more than 62 million times in the U.K. alone — made Paul Mescal, 25, a household heartthrob. Lessons From Quarantine: Alone time, especially in Sydney, where he's prepping for a film shoot, tested Mescal — "I lost my mind a lot" — and offered the chance to deepen his résumé. "Seeing everybody learning new skills, I was like, 'Jesus, I'v...

By Tharishi Hewavithanagamage Directed by George C. Wolfe, ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ is based on the play of the same name, by August Wilson, who was often referred to as the ‘theater’s poet of Black America.’ The eponymous play was first staged in 1982. The film focuses on Ma Rainey, a real life blues singer and her group of blues musicians, coming together to record a few songs on a hot summer’s day in Chicago in 1927. Produced by Denzel Washington, Todd Black, and Dany Wolf, the film stars Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman, with Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, Michael ...