Caro's Choice: Why Viola Davis is such an Important Actress Today -

20 Minutes

  • Inspired by a piece by August Wilson, “The Blues of Ma Rainey” shares a day of black musicians in Chicago in 1927.

  • Viola Davis plays there a singer with a strong character who really existed.

  • Chadwick Boseman is touching as an ambitious musician in his final screen appearance.

We do not want to step on the toes of Viola Davis in

The Blues of Ma Rainey

by George C. Wolfe, uploaded this Friday on Netflix.

The actress embodies a singer with a strong character in this drama inspired by a play by August Wilson, two Pulitzer Prize winner.

The Ma Rainey of the title really existed and was nicknamed the “Mother of the Blues”.

A party for the ears

Royal Viola Davis brings to this legend a cocktail of remarkable strength and vulnerability with a golden voice.

"When someone as fierce and fearless as Viola plays Ma Rainey, the character resonates with all this ferocity and fearlessness, to which are added a raw emotion and a supreme intelligence", explains the director in the press kit.

The singer is forced to deal with unscrupulous managers and musicians who are not always easy to live with during a recording in Chicago in 1927. The performance of the actress as her story against a background of racism and cultural appropriation make the

Blues by Ma Riley

an exceptional work.

Before leaving us, Chadwick Boseman starred in “The Blues of Ma Rainey”, which will be his last film.



It will be released on December 18th and here are the first images.

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- Netflix France (@NetflixFR) October 1, 2020

Tears in my eyes

The presence of Chadwick Boseman, seen in particular in the title role of

Black Panther

and who died last August, adds an extra soul to this musical drama.

He replies to Viola Davis as an ambitious and vibrant trumpeter for what constitutes his last performance.

Ma Riley's Blues

is dedicated to him.

And that's one more reason for this work to bring tears to the eyes of the spectators.

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