Tag: Colman Domingo

Zola has such an interesting backstory it almost seems like it was made up to promote the movie. The story was inspired by a popular Twitter thread containing 148 tweets in 2015. The tweets and the story itself came from a Detroit waitress by the name of A’Ziah “Zola” King. The Twitter thread quickly went…
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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is an adaptation of August Wilson’s play of the same name. I am generally a fan of Wilson’s work, he won his Pulitzer for a reason after all. However, I’m discovering that I don’t usually like cinematic adaptations of plays. This story largely revolves around two main characters. Ma Rainey (Viola…
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