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Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

Plot: Wild Women Don't Have the Blues shows how the blues were born out of the economic and social transformation of African American life early in this century. It recaptures the lives and times of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, Ethel Waters and the other legendary women who made the blues a vital part of American culture
Release Date: Sunday, January 1 1988
36 years ago
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Portrait of Bessie SmithBessie Smith
Bessie Smith would have been no older than
43 in Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
as 'Self (archive footage)'.
Sun, Apr 15 1894 –
Sun, Sep 26 1937
Portrait of Ethel WatersEthel Waters
Ethel Waters would have been no older than
80 in Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
as 'Self (archive footage)'.
Sat, Oct 31 1896 –
Thu, Sep 01 1977
Portrait of Ma RaineyMa Rainey
Ma Rainey was
>> in Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
as 'Self (archive footage)'.
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Crew

Portrait of Christine DallChristine Dall
Christine Dall was
>> in Wild Women Don't Have the Blues
as 'Director, Producer'
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