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What's the colored man gonna do with himself?
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

What's the colored mangonna do with himself? That's what we're waiting to find out

What's the colored man
gonna do with himself? [sighs] That's what we're waiting to find out

Full Transcript

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What's the colored man gonna do with himself?
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[sighs]
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That's what we're waiting to find out.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
64
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:36
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.
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?
I never could stand no silence. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:58
I never could stand no silence.
This be an empty world without the blues. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:30
This be an empty world without the blues.
[Dussie Mae moans] - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:08
[Dussie Mae moans]
[knocking at door] - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:13
[knocking at door]
Okay, boys. "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," take one. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:29
Okay, boys. "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," take ...
Take… - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:07
Take…
Ma, can we just do it without the… - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:07
Ma, can we just do it without the…
Fifteen minutes. You hear me, Irvin? Fifteen minutes. - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 00:09
Fifteen minutes. You hear me, Irvin? Fifteen minutes.