George C. Wolfe's appropriation blues The director of the film adaptation of 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' has been tripping cultural land mines

by Jeremy Gerard, Jeremy Gerard

Let's get right to it. I'm going to reveal the ending of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Before I do, I urge you to find Netflix and spend 94 minutes with Viola Davis, the late Chadwick Boseman and the stellar supporting cast in George C. Wolfe's fleet, exquisite screen adaptation of August Wilson's play. The drama […]