Cast
Queen Latifah
Bessie Smith
Mo'Nique
Ma Rainey
Mike Epps
Richard
Tika Sumpter
Lucille
Michael Kenneth Williams
Jack Gee
Charles S. Dutton
William 'Pa' Rainey
Bryan Greenberg
John Hammond
Oliver Platt
Carl Van Vechten
Khandi Alexander
Viola
Tory Kittles
Clarence
Kamryn Johnson
Young Bessie
Rikki McKinney
Chorus Guy
Alan T. Coleman
Stagehand
Clay Chappell
'81' Theatre Owner
Sharan C. Mansfield
Miss Taylor
Production
Company
The Zanuck Company
Company
Flavor Unit Entertainment
Company
HBO Films
Producer
Ron Schmidt
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6.6
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
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7.1
Cadillac Records
2008
6.8
Iron Jawed Angels
2004
6.4
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
7.4
Crossroads
1986
6.5
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B
2014
6.4
Preacher's Kid
2010
6.7
Good Vibrations
2012
6.2
Sarafina!
1992
6.5
Born to Be Blue
2015
8.4
Lemonade
2016
6
American Son
2019
6.7
Suburbia
1984
6.5
Mo' Better Blues
1990
5.8
Taurus
2022
7.2
Stomp the Yard
2007
6.9
Honey: Rise Up and Dance
2018
8.3
Clika
2026
7.1
The Doors
1991
6.6
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise
2015
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