Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

7.00h 58m1989Released
DocumentaryMusic

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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Cast

V

Vinie Burrows

Self - Narrator (voice)

K

Koko Taylor

Self

D

Danny Barker

Self

Mae Barnes

Mae Barnes

Self

D

Doll Thomas

Self

C

Chris Albertson

Self

S

Sammy Price

Self

I

Ida Goodson

Self

B

Blue Lu Barker

Self

A

Alberta Hunter

Self

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