Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020) Poster

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for language, some sexual content and brief violence
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • A man has sex with a woman while both are fully clothed. There is thrusting, moaning and kissing, but there is no nudity.
  • A man and a woman are shown kissing.
  • It is implied that a man and woman are going to have sex on a piano, but are interrupted before any nudity happens.

Violence & Gore

  • A man shows a large scar on his chest to the other band members.
  • A man punches another man. No blood.

Profanity

  • Dozens of uses of the 'N' word.
  • "Motherfucker" is used a few times.
  • "Shit" is used frequently.
  • 7 uses of "fuck"

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Several characters smoke in a few scenes.
  • Alcohol: Some drinking, none to excess

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A man tells the band how a group of white men attacked and raped his mother and slashed him with a knife. He shows them the scar.

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Violence & Gore

  • A man pulls put a knife in a confrontation with another man.
  • A man gets into a fight with another man and stabs him. Blood is shown on the man's hand and on the body. The man dies.

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