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 | Rachel Geary | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bethany Montecalvo | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Paul Urmson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bethany Townes | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jai Williams | Makeup Artist |
| Writing | August Wilson | Theatre Play |
| Visual Effects | Josephine Allegretti | Visual Effects |
| Production | Dany Wolf | Producer |
| Sound | Branford Marsalis | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Mark Ricker | Production Design |
| Production | Constanza Romero | Executive Producer |
| Production | Denzel Washington | Producer |
| Editing | Andrew Mondshein | Editor |
| Directing | George C. Wolfe | Director |
| Production | Todd Black | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ann Roth | Costume Designer |
| Production | Avy Kaufman | Casting |
| Camera | Tobias A. Schliessler | Director of Photography |
| Art | Karen O'Hara | Set Decoration |
| Art | Diana Stoughton | Set Decoration |
| Art | Darlene Salinas | Set Decorating Coordinator |
| Directing | Xanthus Valan | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Paul Bucciarelli | Set Buyer |
| Art | Travis Kerr | Set Designer |
| Art | James F. Truesdale | Art Direction |
| Directing | Megan Graham | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Wes Hottman | Assistant Art Director |
| Directing | Michele Ziegler | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Chuck Jeffreys | Stunt Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Matiki Anoff | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sergio Lopez-Rivera | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sian Richards | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Debi Young | Makeup Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carl Fullerton | Makeup Artist |
