De spanning stijgt wanneer de baanbrekende Mother of the Blues en haar band in 1927 samenkomen in een opnamestudio in Chicago. Aangepast naar het toneelstuk van August Wilson.
Ja! de film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is nu beschikbaar om te kijken op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gary Archer | Prosthetics |
| Sound | Skip Lievsay | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Skip Lievsay | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jai Williams | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rachel Geary | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Paul Urmson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bethany Montecalvo | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bethany Townes | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | August Wilson | Theatre Play |
| Visual Effects | Josephine Allegretti | Visual Effects |
| Directing | George C. Wolfe | Director |
| Editing | Andrew Mondshein | Editor |
| Production | Constanza Romero | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Branford Marsalis | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Todd Black | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ann Roth | Costume Designer |
| Production | Dany Wolf | Producer |
| Production | Denzel Washington | Producer |
| Art | Mark Ricker | Production Design |
| Art | Diana Stoughton | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Michele Ziegler | First Assistant Director |
| Art | James F. Truesdale | Art Direction |
| Directing | Megan Graham | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Paul Bucciarelli | Set Buyer |
| Art | Karen O'Hara | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Tobias A. Schliessler | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Xanthus Valan | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Avy Kaufman | Casting |
| Art | Travis Kerr | Set Designer |
| Crew | Chuck Jeffreys | Stunt Coordinator |
| Art | Wes Hottman | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Darlene Salinas | Set Decorating Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sergio Lopez-Rivera | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Debi Young | Makeup Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sian Richards | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carl Fullerton | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Matiki Anoff | Makeup Department Head |
