"Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom": A Lesson in Blues
With raw and unapologetic performances by Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman, stories about the hardships of Black musicians are weaved in with The Blues.

Graves Police Officer, Mark Brody, embarks on a journey to bring criminals to justice while Michael Laforte is the hard-drinking, ruthless criminal mastermind who doesn't play by the rules. Clyde Baxter, Matt Goldberg, Pedro Dominguez and the rest of a gang of ex-military men use their expertise and tactical skills to evade the law. His crew soon finds themselves on a direct collision course with Special Agent Mark Brody and the Graves Task Force as the criminals hatch an elaborate plan for a seemingly impossible heists all around the city.
With raw and unapologetic performances by Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman, stories about the hardships of Black musicians are weaved in with The Blues.
Portraying how easy it is to be an ally heavily benefits the majority audience. The more we encourage it, normalize it, and give people the tools to become one, the sooner we can co-exist peacefully.
The film, which focuses on an Argentinian family during an intimate birthday dinner, efficiently captures the eccentricities of each character as well as the nuances of their interpersonal dynamics.
Shortly after season two of Fleabag dropped on Amazon Prime in 2019, Barack Obama put it on his list as one of his favorite television series of the year.
Though 'Bound' technically falls under the genres of crime and thriller, the film's heart is a romance between two women.