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Netflix’s
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom starring Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman (in his last role before his death), Taylour Paige, Colman Domingo, Glynn Turman and more comes to Netflix on Friday, Dec. 18 and like many dramatized biopics, the much-anticipated film may incite your eagerness to learn more about the real woman behind the film.
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T’Aint Nobody’s Bizness: Queer Blues Divas of the 1920s, which “breaks down the origin of the blues queens of the 1920s as well as the influence of Ma Rainey.”
The full synopsis for the doc, directed by Robert Philipson: