Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

Genres

Overview

Recaptures the lives and times of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters, and the other legendary women who made blues music a vital part of American culture. The film brings together for the first time dozens of rare, classic renditions of the early blues.

Directors

Cast

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Vinie Burrows

Self - Narrator (voice)

Koko Taylor

Self

Danny Barker

Self

Mae Barnes

Self