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Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (1989)

NRDocumentary, Music58m

70% User score

Overview

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.

Christine DallDirector

Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (1989)