George C Wolfe on directing Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom: 'I love her unapologetic sense of her own power'
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom director George C Wolfe with Viola Davis in the titular role. Photo: David Lee/Netflix
As Netflix’s forthcoming adaptation of August Wilson’s 1982 play turns the spotlight on the story of the 1920s blues icon, acclaimed theatre director George C Wolfe, who helms the film, tells Theo Bosanquet we all have a duty to confront the past
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