Netflix has released the trailer for the period drama “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”, which features the final performance of the late Chadwick Boseman.
Viola Davis is the “Mother of the Blues,” Ma Rainey in the drama which is set over the course of an afternoon recording session.
With Rainey locked in a battle of wills with her white manager, the musicians, including Boseman’s trumpet player Levee, take turns revealing truths about themselves.
Based on the 1984 play by August Wilson and directed by George C. Wolfe, Davis participated in a virtual conversation with the press in conjunction with the trailer’s release.
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