"Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play."
Viola Davis
as Ma Rainey
Chadwick Boseman
as Levee
Colman Domingo
as Cutler
Glynn Turman
as Toledo
Michael Potts
as Slow Drag
Jeremy Shamos
as Irvin
Jonny Coyne
as Sturdyvant
Taylour Paige
as Dussie Mae
Dusan Brown
as Sylvester
Joshua Harto
as Policeman
Quinn VanAntwerp
as Band Singer
Chloe Davis
as Ma Rainey's Dancer
Mayte Natalio
Johanna Elmina Moise
Onyxx Noel
LaWanda Hopkins
Sierra Stewart
Malaiyka Reid
Catherine Foster
Antonio Fierro
as Laborer (uncredited)
Daniel Johnson
as Chicago Worker (uncredited)
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Screenplay
Gary Archer
Prosthetics
Skip Lievsay
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Supervising Sound Editor
Rachel Geary
Makeup Artist
Bethany Montecalvo
Bethany Townes
Jai Williams
Paul Urmson
August Wilson
Theatre Play
Josephine Allegretti
Visual Effects
George C. Wolfe
Director
Todd Black
Producer
Denzel Washington
Branford Marsalis
Original Music Composer
Andrew Mondshein
Editor
Mark Ricker
Production Design
Dany Wolf
Constanza Romero
Executive Producer
Ann Roth
Costume Designer
Tobias A. Schliessler
Director of Photography
Avy Kaufman
Casting
Michele Ziegler
First Assistant Director
Xanthus Valan
Second Assistant Director
Chuck Jeffreys
Stunt Coordinator
James F. Truesdale
Art Direction
Travis Kerr
Set Designer
Wes Hottman
Assistant Art Director
Karen O'Hara
Set Decoration
Paul Bucciarelli
Set Buyer
Diana Stoughton
Darlene Salinas
Set Decorating Coordinator
Megan Graham
Script Supervisor
Matiki Anoff
Makeup Department Head
Sergio Lopez-Rivera
Sian Richards
Carl Fullerton
Debi Young
Makeup Supervisor