Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

  • Rated 8.5 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1989
  • 58m
  • Documentary
  • Music

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.

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Director
Christine Dall
Starring
Vinie Burrows, Koko Taylor, Danny Barker, Mae Barnes

Cast

  • Vinie Burrows

    Vinie Burrows

    Self - Narrator (voice)

  • Koko Taylor

    Self

  • Danny Barker

    Self

  • Mae Barnes

    Mae Barnes

    Self

  • Doll Thomas

    Self

  • Chris Albertson

    Self

  • Sammy Price

    Self

  • Ida Goodson

    Self

  • Blue Lu Barker

    Self

  • Alberta Hunter

    Self

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