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Chadwick Boseman's Final Film 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Released

Netflix released 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,' adapted from August Wilson's play, featuring Viola Davis as the Mother of the Blues and Chadwick Boseman in his final film role before his death from colon cancer. Boseman received a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

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  1. December 18, 2020
    Chadwick Boseman's Final Film 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' Released

    Netflix released 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,' adapted from August Wilson's play, featuring Viola Davis as the Mother of the Blues and Chadwick Boseman in his final film role before his death from colon cancer. Boseman received a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

  2. December 25, 2020
    Regina King Directs 'One Night in Miami'

    Regina King's directorial debut 'One Night in Miami,' imagining a meeting between Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown after Clay's 1964 heavyweight championship win, was released on Amazon Prime. King became one of the few Black women to direct a major awards-contending film.