Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

She previously won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2017 for 'Fences'

In Partnership with Netflix  If you’ve watched Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the brand new Netflix movie, you’ll know this: there is plenty to talk about:...

In Partnership with Netflix  The world of 1927 in Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – one of medicine shows, cabaret clubs, swinging jazz and white-hot...

In Partnership with Netflix  Urban blues Style: Mutated Delta Blues made for cabaret clubs, but born in the bayou Heyday: 1920s and 30s What is it: When African...

In Partnership with Netflix  Ma Rainey (1886-1939) The songwriting, performing, venue-owning one-woman music industry The subject of landmark new movie Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, on Netflix now,...

In Partnership with Netflix  One of the many things we see in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is that the passage of time doesn’t necessarily go...

In Partnership with Netflix  Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, on Netflix on December 18, has won critical acclaim for its depiction of the formidable ‘Mother Of...

In Partnership with Netflix  SONG: Robert Johnson – Crossroad Blues (1937) What it did: Popularised Johnson’s great creation myth – that his fame was the result...

In Partnership with Netflix  She didn’t get the name ‘Mother Of The Blues’ for nothing Ma Rainey was a pioneering artist who took a combination of...

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