Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (film) explained

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Director:George C. Wolfe
Screenplay:Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Music:Branford Marsalis
Cinematography:Tobias A. Schliessler
Editing:Andrew Mondshein
Distributor:Netflix
Runtime:94 minutes[1]
Country:United States
Language:English
Budget:$20–22.5 million[2]

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 2020 American drama film directed by George C. Wolfe and written by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, based on the 1982 play of the same name by August Wilson. The film stars Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, and Michael Potts. Inspired by the career of Ma Rainey, an influential blues singer and the title character, the film dramatizes a turbulent recording session in 1920s Chicago.

Produced by Denzel Washington, Todd Black, and Dany Wolf, the project was originally announced alongside Washington's Fences in 2013 as part of his ten-picture deal with HBO. The adaptation eventually moved to Netflix and filming began in Pittsburgh in 2019. Boseman died during post-production in August 2020, making Black Bottom his final film appearance. The film is dedicated to his memory.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom began a limited theatrical release on November 25, 2020, before beginning to stream on Netflix on December 18. Critics praised the performances of Davis, Boseman, and Turman as well as the costume design and production values. It was named as one of the ten best films of 2020 by the American Film Institute.[3] The film received five nominations at the 93rd Academy Awards, including Best Actor (for Boseman), Best Actress (for Davis), and won two awards: Makeup and Hairstyling and Costume Design.[4] Additionally, the film received eight Critics' Choice Movie Award nominations and nine NAACP Image Award nominations, including Outstanding Motion Picture,[5] with Davis and Boseman both winning lead acting awards. Davis and Boseman also won lead acting awards for their performances at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, making them the first African-American actors in history to win in leading categories in the same year;[6] both received nominations at the Golden Globes, with Boseman posthumously winning Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama.

Plot

Ma Rainey is a highly regarded, strong-willed blues singer who has recently been contracted by white producers to record an album. The story takes place on July 2, 1927, when the first recording session is scheduled for Ma by her manager Irvin to take place at Paramount's Recording Studios in Chicago. Seasoned Georgia Jazz Band members Toledo, Cutler, and Slow Drag arrive on time without Ma, which frustrates producer Mel Sturdyvant. They are soon joined by Levee Green, the band's overconfident trumpeter, who has shown Sturdyvant his original compositions in the hopes of getting his own record deal. The other musicians find Levee's behavior disrespectful to Ma. Teased by the rest of the band about his ability to deal with white men, Levee relates how his mother was gang-raped in front of him. His father killed four of the rapists but was then lynched and burned.

Ma arrives an hour late with her girlfriend, Dussie Mae, and her nephew, Sylvester. Immediately, she clashes with Sturdyvant and Irvin, making numerous demands. Insulted that the Coca-Cola she requested has not been provided, Ma refuses to sing until Slow Drag and Sylvester bring her one. Later, she insists to Sturdyvant that the opening words of the album be spoken by Sylvester (who has a pronounced stutter) so he can receive royalties. As a result, the group has to do multiple takes of the song “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom," much to everyone's frustration.

Ma confides to Cutler that her white bosses are only interested in her voice and would otherwise regard her as "just a dog in the alley", which he understands and sympathizes with. Meanwhile, Levee and Dussie Mae have sex in the practice room before being interrupted by Slow Drag.

The group finally manages to get through the first track after multiple takes but discovers an equipment failure has caused it not to be recorded. The band blames Levee, who they think tripped over a wire while eyeing Dussie Mae, though it is revealed to have been damaged already. Their argument leads the religious Cutler to tell a story about a preacher he once knew who got stranded in a small town and was humiliated by a group of white men who tore up his Bible and forced him to dance. Levee brushes off the story by retorting that if there was a God, he would care for black people, which he never has. Cutler attacks Levee in anger, and the young man forces him back with a knife while continuing to belittle his beliefs.

The group finally finishes recording, but Ma fires Levee soon afterward, believing his reckless ambition and uncompromising attitude to be detrimental to the band. Levee meets with Sturdyvant about his original songs but learns that the producer will only buy the rights and never intended to give him a deal. Levee subsequently suffers a mental breakdown and, after Toledo accidentally steps on his new shoes, fatally stabs him in the back with the knife. Cutler and Slow Drag leave in horror as Levee cradles Toledo's corpse. Later, Sturdyvant records Levee's songs with a band consisting entirely of white musicians (supposedly Paul Whiteman's Orchestra).

Cast

Production

Development

Denzel Washington initially had a deal with the television network HBO to produce nine of the playwright August Wilson's plays into films, with Ma Rainey's Black Bottom among them.[7] By June 2019, the deal had been moved to Netflix. Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo, and Michael Potts had been cast in the film, with George C. Wolfe set to direct.[8] In July 2019, Taylour Paige, Jonny Coyne, Jeremy Shamos, and Dusan Brown joined the cast of the film.[9] Maxayn Lewis did most of Rainey's singing for Davis.[10] Jeffrey Wright was originally expected to join the film.[11]

Filming

Filming commenced on July 8, 2019 in Pittsburgh, with sets converted into 1927 Chicago, and wrapped on August 16, 2019.[12]

On August 28, 2020, Boseman died of colon cancer during post-production, making Ma Rainey's Black Bottom his final film appearance. The film is dedicated to him.[13] [14] [15]

Release

The film was theatrically released in select theaters on November 25, 2020,[13] before beginning to stream on December 18, on Netflix.[16] Netflix also released a 31-minute making-of documentary Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen alongside the film.[17] Upon its digital release to Netflix, the film was the most-watched item over its opening weekend.[18]

Reception

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97% based on 301 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Framed by a pair of powerhouse performances, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom pays affectionate tribute to a blues legend — and Black culture at large."[19] According to Metacritic, which compiled 46 reviews and calculated a weighted average score of 87 out of 100.[20]

For the Los Angeles Times, Justin Chang wrote "Boseman, evincing the same integrity he clung to his entire career, refuses to soft-pedal the destination. He imparts to this seething, shattered man the gift of a broken soul, driven by anger and trauma, and makes him all the more human for it. His final moments of screen time are among his darkest, and also his finest."[21] Eric Kohn of IndieWire gave the film a "B" grade and praised Davis and Boseman's performances, saying: "All of this would be more concerning if Ma Rainey's Black Bottom didn't turn on Wilson's crackling dialogue and a jazzy pace on par with the music. Above all, the movie amounts to a solid resurrection that doesn't muck up the bulk of what made the play click in the first place."[22]

Peter Travers, reviewing the film for ABC News, said: "Davis plays the real-life Ma Rainey, the Georgia singer dubbed the Mother of the Blues. Boseman invests body and soul into Levee, the hot-headed trumpeter who dares to lock horns with Ma in a shabby Chicago recording studio where they're paid to make music the way the white bosses want it. The time is 1927, but the bristling racial tensions feel as timely as ever."[23]

Accolades

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryRecipient(s)Result
AACTA AwardsMarch 7, 2021Best Actor – InternationalChadwick Boseman[24]
Best Actress – InternationalViola Davis
AARP's Movies for Grownups AwardsMarch 28, 2021Best Actress[25]
Best DirectorGeorge C. Wolfe
Best ScreenwriterRuben Santiago-Hudson
Best Time CapsuleMa Rainey's Black Bottom
Best EnsembleThe cast of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Academy AwardsApril 25, 2021Best ActorChadwick Boseman[26]
Best ActressViola Davis
Best Costume DesignAnn Roth
Best Makeup and HairstylingSergio López-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson
Best Production DesignMark Ricker, Karen O'Hara and Diana Stoughton
Alliance of Women Film JournalistsJanuary 4, 2021Best ActorChadwick Boseman[27]
Best ActressViola Davis
American Film Institute AwardsFebruary 26, 2021Top 10 Movies of the Year[28]
Art Directors Guild AwardsApril 10, 2021Excellence in Production Design for a Period FilmMark Ricker[29]
BET AwardsJune 27, 2021Best Movie[30]
Best ActorChadwick Boseman
Best ActressViola Davis
Black Reel AwardsApril 11, 2021Outstanding Motion PictureDenzel Washington, Todd Black and Dany Wolf[31]
Outstanding ActorChadwick Boseman
Outstanding ActressViola Davis
Outstanding Supporting ActorColman Domingo
Outstanding ScreenplayRuben Santiago-Hudson
Outstanding EnsembleAvy Kaufman
Outstanding Breakthrough Performance, MaleDusan Brown
Outstanding First ScreenplayRuben Santiago-Hudson
Outstanding Costume DesignAnn Roth
Outstanding Production DesignMark Ricker
Boston Society of Film CriticsDecember 13, 2020Best Ensemble CastThe cast of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom[32]
British Academy Film AwardsApril 11, 2021Best Actor in a Leading RoleChadwick Boseman[33]
Best Costume DesignAnn Roth
Best Makeup and HairMatiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio Lopez-Rivera and Mia Neal
Casting Society of AmericaApril 15, 2021Feature Studio or Independent – DramaAvy Kaufman, Nancy Mosser and Scotty Anderson[34]
Chicago Film Critics AssociationDecember 21, 2020Best ActorChadwick Boseman[35]
[36]
Best ActressViola Davis
Best Original ScoreBranford Marsalis
Best Costume DesignAnn Roth
Costume Designers Guild AwardsApril 13, 2021Excellence in Period Film[37]
Critics' Choice Movie AwardsMarch 7, 2021Best Picture[38]
Best ActorChadwick Boseman
Best ActressViola Davis
Best Acting EnsembleThe cast of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Best Adapted ScreenplayRuben Santiago-Hudson
Best Production DesignMark Ricker, Karen O'Hara and Diana Stoughton
Best Hair & MakeupMatiki Anoff, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal, Larry M. Cherry, Sian Richards, Deidra Dixon and Jamika Wilson
Best Costume DesignAnn Roth
Dorian AwardsApril 18, 2021LGBTQ Film of the Year[39]
Best Film Performance – ActorChadwick Boseman
Best Film Performance – ActressViola Davis
Florida Film Critics CircleDecember 21, 2020Best ActorChadwick Boseman[40]
Best ActressViola Davis
Best Adapted ScreenplayRuben Santiago-Hudson
Best EnsembleThe cast of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
GLAAD Media AwardsApril 2021Outstanding Film – Wide Release[41] [42]
Golden Globe AwardsFebruary 28, 2021Best Actor in a Motion Picture – DramaChadwick Boseman[43]
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – DramaViola Davis
Gotham AwardsJanuary 11, 2021Best ActorChadwick Boseman[44]
Hollywood Critics AssociationMarch 5, 2021Best Actor[45]
Best ActressViola Davis
Best Adapted Screenplay Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Best Production DesignMark Ricker
Best Costume DesignAnn Roth
Best Ensemble CastThe cast of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Hair & MakeupMatiki Anoff, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal, Larry M. Cherry, Sian Richards, Deidra Dixon and Jamika Wilson
Hollywood Music in Media AwardsJanuary 27, 2021Best Original Score in a Feature FilmBranford Marsalis[46]
Independent Spirit AwardsApril 22, 2021Best Feature[47]
Best Male LeadChadwick Boseman
Best Female LeadViola Davis
Best Supporting MaleColman Domingo
Glynn Turman
London Film Critics' CircleFebruary 7, 2021Actor of the YearChadwick Boseman[48] [49]
Actress of the YearViola Davis
Los Angeles Film Critics AssociationDecember 20, 2020Best ActorChadwick Boseman[50]
Best ActressViola Davis
Best Supporting ActorGlynn Turman
Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild AwardsApril 3, 2021Best Period and/or Character Make-Up in a Feature-Length Motion PictureMatiki Anoff, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Carl Fullerton and Debi Young[51]
Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling in a Feature-Length Motion PictureMia Neal, Larry Cherry, Leah Loukas and Tywan Williams
Motion Picture Sound Editors AwardsApril 16, 2021Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Dialogue and ADR for Feature FilmSkip Lievsay, Paul Urmson, Lidia Tamplenizza and Michael Feuser[52]
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Musical for Feature FilmTodd Kasow and Tim Marchiafava
MTV Movie & TV AwardsMay 16, 2021Best Performance in a MovieChadwick Boseman[53]
NAACP Image AwardsMarch 21, 2021Outstanding Motion Picture[54] [55]
Outstanding Actor in a Motion PictureChadwick Boseman
Outstanding Actress in a Motion PictureViola Davis
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion PictureGlynn Turman
Colman Domingo
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion PictureTaylour Paige
Outstanding Directing in a Motion PictureGeorge C. Wolfe
Outstanding Soundtrack/Compilation AlbumBranford Marsalis
Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion PictureThe cast of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
National Society of Film CriticsJanuary 9, 2021Best ActorChadwick Boseman[56]
Best ActressViola Davis
Best Supporting ActorGlynn Turman
Online Film Critics SocietyJanuary 25, 2021Best ActorChadwick Boseman[57]
Best ActressViola Davis
Palm Springs International Film FestivalFebruary 11, 2021Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actress[58]
Producers Guild of America AwardsMarch 24, 2021Best Theatrical Motion PictureDenzel Washington and Todd Black[59]
San Diego Film Critics SocietyJanuary 11, 2021Best ActorChadwick Boseman[60]
Best ActressViola Davis
Best Adapted ScreenplayRuben Santiago-Hudson
Best Costume DesignAnn Roth
Satellite AwardsFebruary 15, 2021Best Motion Picture – Drama[61]
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – DramaChadwick Boseman
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – DramaViola Davis
Best Adapted ScreenplayRuben Santiago-Hudson
Best Costume DesignAnn Roth
Screen Actors Guild AwardsApril 4, 2021Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading RoleChadwick Boseman
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading RoleViola Davis
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureChadwick Boseman, Jonny Coyne, Viola Davis, Colman Domingo, Michael Potts and Glynn Turman[62]
Seattle Film Critics SocietyFebruary 15, 2021Best ActorChadwick Boseman[63]
Best ActressViola Davis
Best Ensemble CastAvy Kaufman
Best Costume DesignAnn Roth
Set Decorators Society of America AwardsMarch 31, 2021Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Period Feature FilmKaren O'Hara, Diana Stoughton, and Mark Ricker[64]
St. Louis Film Critics AssociationJanuary 17, 2021Best ActorChadwick Boseman[65]
Best ActressViola Davis
Best Adapted ScreenplayRuben Santiago-Hudson
Best Production DesignMark Ricker
Toronto Film Critics AssociationFebruary 7, 2021Best ActorChadwick Boseman[66]
Best ActressViola Davis
Vancouver Film Critics CircleFebruary 22, 2021Best ActorChadwick Boseman[67] [68]
Best ActressViola Davis
Writers Guild of America AwardsMarch 21, 2021Best Adapted ScreenplayRuben Santiago-Hudson[69]

External links

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