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Act One
The band arrives early at a Chicago recording studio in 1927 and waits for Ma Rainey. While they wait, the musicians kill time in the rehearsal room below, and their small talk tu…
Act Two
The recording session finally gets underway, but the tension that built in Act One does not release; it tightens. Ma records on her own terms, but the moment the session ends, her…
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