This is NOT about the life, singing talent, trials or concerts of Ma Rainey
It is about One (1!) Recording Session (really? )
No History,
No Music,
No interaction between Ma Rainey and the Public. Nothing about the trials they went through.
This should have stayed on the STAGE as a Play.
1 Hour 33 min for 1 Recording Session of People Arguing.
Waste of 90 minutes.
IF you are looking for anything close to Ma Rainey's History, this isn't the movie for you.
Chadwick Bozeman's character is Fictional.
Ma Rainey was a Real Person.