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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

My mama… was frying up some chickenwhen them mans come in the house. Must have been eight...

My mama… was frying up some chicken
when them mans come in the house. Must have been eight or nine of 'em. She's standing there frying that chicken
when them mans come and took a hold of her just like you take hold of a mule
and make it do what you want

Full Transcript

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My mama…
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was frying up some chicken when them mans come in the house.
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Must have been eight or nine of 'em.
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She's standing there frying that chicken when them mans come and took a hold of her
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just like you take hold of a mule and make it do what you want.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
50
Timestamp in Movie
00:36:46
Uploaded
May 31, 2025
Genres
drama, music
Production
Escape Artists,Mundy Lane Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.
There was my mama… - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:06
There was my mama…
She tried to fight 'em off. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:43
She tried to fight 'em off.
[chuckles sadly] - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:19
[chuckles sadly]
[inhales deeply] - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:11
[inhales deeply]
My daddy wasn't spooked up by the white man. No, sir. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:41
My daddy wasn't spooked up by the white man. No, sir.
I can smile and say yessir to whoever I please - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:07
I can smile and say yessir to whoever I please
What you got? - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:17
What you got?
What's the colored man gonna do with himself? - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:08
What's the colored man gonna do with himself?
But first he's got to know that he's a leftover. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:06
But first he's got to know that he's a leftover.
Levee, I know you had something to do with this. Watch yourself. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:27
Levee, I know you had something to do with this. Watch yours...
Cutler. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:06
Cutler.
-[bell dinging] -[indistinct chatter] - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:05
-[bell dinging] -[indistinct chatter]
What's all this shit about "the boys in the band said"? - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:20
What's all this shit about "the boys in the band s...
And I want you to find somebody to replace Levee when we get to Memphis. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:26
And I want you to find somebody to replace Levee when we get...
Ma. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:58
Ma.
They don't care nothing about me - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:20
They don't care nothing about me
They back there right now calling me all kinds of names. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 01:00
They back there right now calling me all kinds of names.
-I already got my fellas picked out. -Mmm-hmm. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:31
-I already got my fellas picked out. -Mmm-hmm.
You get your own band and we'll see if your red rooster know how to crow. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:37
You get your own band and we'll see if your red rooster...
[Dussie Mae] How you get so crazy? - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:20
[Dussie Mae] How you get so crazy?