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Chadwick Bozeman may have died in August, but it could be that this film will bring him an Oscar
Before his untimely death, Chadwick Bozeman managed to be photographed for "Ma Rainee's Blues," which airs on Netflix this weekend.
His swan song is inspiring, but other than that there are not many qualities in the film, which turns out to be a chatty adaptation of the show
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Chadwick Bosman
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Denzel Washington
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Viola Davis
Avner Shavit
Friday, December 18, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
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Unfortunately, the annals of cinema are full of stories about actors whose films starred came out only after their deaths.
A more limited but respectable list also includes those that were Oscar nominees or won it after the stain, with the latest notable example being Heath Ledge in "The Dark Knight."
Now, Chadwick Bozman is also expected to join her.
Bozeman, who became famous as the protagonist of "The Black Panther," Marvel's huge hit, has been battling cancer in recent years.
He even got to see Spike Lee's 'Norman Gold' starring him, which aired on Netflix last summer, but died in late August, before the rise of "Ma Rainee's Blues, which was recorded as his latest film, and after a brief visit to theaters still open in the United States, he joined To Netflix from the weekend.
The film, originally called "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," is another episode in a series of adaptations produced by Denzel Washington for plays by the late August Wilson - a project that has already spawned the Oscar-nominated "Fences."
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Another episode in a series of adaptations produced by Denzel Washington for plays by the late August Wilson.
From "Ma Rainei's Blues" (Photo: PR)
Viola Davis, who also starred in "Fences," also appears here, and this time as the legendary blues singer after whom the film is named, which takes place in late 1920s Chicago.
His plot describes how the musician arrives with all her manners at a recording session, which is attended by, among others, white music practitioners, who try to control her and take advantage of her;
Some veteran musicians;
The trumpet player is also too young and ambitious as Bozman.
It's a hot day, both meteorologically and in terms of the dynamics between the participants, which is revealed to us in an endless series of monologues and dialogues.
The exchanges between them become more and more heated and touch on issues of culture, gender, money, class, race and theology.
In his most poignant monologue, the trumpet touches on the built-in conflict between the bitter fate of blacks in the United States and the ardent belief of most of them in God.
"Where was God when they raped my mother and lynched my father?" He wonders, in a question reminiscent of the Jewish question of where God was in the Holocaust.
The temperatures are high and the issues are burning, and yet the film remains a bit lukewarm for me.
It's amusing to read the reviews of the American media and notice how polite they try to be - not only for reasons of political correctness, but this time also for the honor of the dead.
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Swan's song.
From "Ma Rainei's Blues" (Photo: PR)
Let me be less polite: I am not one of the fans of the sub-genre of adaptations of plays, which take place almost exclusively in one filming arena, and are based on endless chatter and theatrical performance.
Hence, I did not enjoy "Fences" and despite his musical qualities, even "Ma Rainey's Blues" was hard for me to get through.
George C. Wolf's directing work is elegant, but the degrees of interest, pleasure and excitement while watching are, in my opinion, inversely related to the amount of words the film has.
Still, of course it is difficult to remain completely indifferent.
This is because of Bozeman's game display.
Even regardless of the circumstances, his performance here is noteworthy.
Like a skilled trumpet player, he masters his tools without a single fake character, combining skilled technique with creativity and soul.
This is an impressive display on any scale, but all the more so given that he demonstrated it when he was already in the final stages of his illness.
For one moment no indication of the suffering he is going through can be seen in his body or face.
All you see is an endless passion and commitment to the profession, which is beautiful and inspiring.
But in fact, although Bozman seems healthy and energetic here, there is a hint in his role to come.
This is because over time it becomes clear that the trumpeter is galloping towards an inevitable doom, and towards a bitter end like that of the actor who plays him.
In one of the beautiful moments here, the singer declares thus: "What whites do not understand about the blues is that we do not sing it to feel better, but that it is a way for him to understand life."
After watching the movie, all that remains is to say that this is also a way to understand death.
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