The new film has Boseman as a trumpet player who is « determined to stake his claim on the music industry ».
Netflix has released pictures of Chadwick Boseman in what is thought to have been his final acting role before his death. Boseman, who died in August after a four-year struggle with colon cancer, will posthumously star alongside Oscar winner Viola Davis in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. The film, set in 1920s Chicago, tells the story of « Mother of the Blues » Ma Rainey, who is fighting with her white manager and producer for control of her music. Boseman, who is best-known for his role as T’Challa in Marvel’s Black Panther, will play a trumpeter in Ma Rainey’s session band called Levee.
