Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

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American film drama film film

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 2020 drama film adaptation of August Wilson's play, depicting tensions within a 1920s blues band and featuring one of Chadwick Boseman's most acclaimed final performances.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → drama film → film →
award	Academy Award for Best Costume Design → Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling →
basedOn	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (play) →
basedOnWorkBy	August Wilson →
castMember	Chadwick Boseman → Colman Domingo → Dusan Brown → Glynn Turman → Jeremy Shamos → Jonny Coyne → Michael Potts → Taylour Paige → Viola Davis →
cinematographer	Tobias A. Schliessler →
composer	Branford Marsalis →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	George C. Wolfe →
distributor	Netflix →
editor	Andrew Mondshein →
genre	drama → music film →
language	English →
leadActor	Chadwick Boseman → Viola Davis →
mainCharacter	Levee Green → Ma Rainey →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actor → Academy Award for Best Actress → Academy Award for Best Picture → Academy Award for Best Production Design →
notableFor	one of Chadwick Boseman's final film performances →
portrays	blues singer Ma Rainey →
producer	Dany Wolf → Denzel Washington → Todd Black →
productionCompany	Bron Creative → Escape Artists →
releaseDate	2020-12-18 →
releasePlatform	Netflix →
releaseYear	2020 →
runtimeMinutes	94 →
screenwriter	Ruben Santiago-Hudson →
settingPlace	Chicago →
settingTime	1920s →
theme	ambition → artistic control → exploitation in the music industry → racial tension →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
August Wilson → Chadwick Boseman → Colman Domingo → Viola Davis ("Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (film)") →	notableWork
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom ("Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (play)") →	basedOn
Colman Domingo →	workOn