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Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

Directed by Christine Dall
1989    58m    Not Rated
7.8
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues shows how the blues were born out of the economic and social transformation of African American life early in this century. It recaptures the lives and times of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters and the other legendary women who made the blues a vital part of American culture. The film brings together for the first time dozens of rare, classic renditions of the early blues.
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Cast of Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
  • Bessie SmithSelf (archive footage)
  • Ethel WatersSelf (archive footage)
  • Ma RaineySelf (archive footage)

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