Chadwick Boseman only made his feature film debut in 2008 and appeared in just fifteen movies before his passing earlier this year at the age of 43, but he looks set to leave behind an indelible legacy despite such a brief time at the top. It was Jackie Robinson biopic
42 that first brought him mainstream attention, while
Get on Up proved he was a massively versatile talent and
Black Panther turned him into a megastar. But new Netflix release
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom will likely go down as the best performance of a career cut short in the most tragic of circumstances.