Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, I’ve Got the Blues, In Focus Annette Bening
This week we head back in time to a sweltering day in Chicago, circa 1927! Here we meet up with the commanding, and the very glistening , Mother of the Blues, Ma Rainey, played by the astonishing Viola Davis. You guessed it, we’re discussing the new Netflix film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, featuring a captivating final performance by Chadwick Boseman. For Our Week In Entertainment, we’ve got a bad case of the blues. And finally, we talk mommy issues, bad wigs, mobsters and nervous breakdowns while putting the eclectic filmography of Annette Bening, In Focus.