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Topic: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

In this handout photo provided by A.M.P.A.S., (L-R) Joshua James Richards, Dan Janvey, Mollye Asher, Peter Spears, Charlene Swankie, Chloé Zhao, Linda May, and Frances McDormand accept the Best Picture award for "Nomadland" onstage during the 93rd Annual Academy Awards at Union Station on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Todd Wawrychuk/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images)

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Stills from Minari and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Photo illustration by Salon/Netflix/A24)

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Chadwick Boseman as Levee, Colman Domingo as Cutler, Viola Davis as Ma Rainey, Michael Potts as Slow Drag and Glynn Turman as Toledo, in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (David Lee/NETFLIX)

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Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" poster (Netflix)

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