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On Community: Playwright August Wilson and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"


On Community: Playwright August Wilson and “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
The McDonough County Voice
February is Black History Month, and we are in a striking period of time as Americans continue to develop their appreciation for how difficult the African-American experience has been over the years and also bear witness to some striking social achievements including the election of the first Black and female vice president, Kamala Harris.
Also, the most talked-about film that emerged in 2020, which will surely be an official nominee for various Academy Awards, relates to the African-American struggle: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” It is based on a play by Black author August Wilson, whose achievement ought to be more well-known. ....

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Chris Jones: How Chadwick Boseman took on an August Wilson monologue in 'Ma Rainey,' and embraced his own mortality


Chris Jones: How Chadwick Boseman took on an August Wilson monologue in ‘Ma Rainey,’ and embraced his own mortality
Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
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UIC Associate Professor Derrick Sanders gives feedback to students on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, at Perspectives Leadership Academy in preparation for an August Wilson Monologue competition.
In George C. Wolfe’s excellent new Netflix film of August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Chadwick Boseman looks gaunt, tired and vulnerable. This great actor was, as we now all know, battling the colon cancer that would bring about his death last summer at age 43. ....

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Heartbreak and transcendence: Bringing "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" to the screen


CBS News
Heartbreak and transcendence: Bringing Ma Rainey s Black Bottom to the screen
Before Billie, before Ella, there was Ma.
Ma Rainey s Black Bottom is a new Netflix film inspired by the true-life story of the blues legend. And like Ma herself, the movie is big, bawdy, and – spoiler alert – the music alone is worth the price of admission.
Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis and Colman Domingo in Ma Rainey s Black Bottom.
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The story is one of talent marred by tragedy, but it s also one of those rare times when the story behind the scenes is just as compelling, and every bit as tragic. ....

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August Wilson Will Be Honored With a Commemorative Forever Stamp


August Wilson Will Be Honored With a Commemorative Forever Stamp
Playwright August Wilson will be honored with a commemorative Forever stamp next year.
The stamp will be dedicated Jan. 28 on the Postal Service Facebook and Twitter pages. For more information, visit usps.com/blackheritage-augustwilson.
Customers may preorder and purchase stamps and other products through the Postal Store at usps.com/shopstamps, by calling 800-STAMP24 (800-782-6724), by mail through USA Philatelic, or at Post Office locations nationwide.
In the late 1960s, at the threshold of the Black Arts Movement, Wilson joined a group of poets, educators, and artists who formed the Centre Avenue Poets Theater Workshop. Wilson met friend and collaborator, Rob Penny, through this group, and in 1968, they co-founded the Black Horizon Theater, a community-based, Black Nationalist Theater Company in the Hill District of Pittsburgh. ....

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