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Feature film — 1989
Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (1989)
8.50h 58mDocumentary — Music
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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Director: Christine Dall
On screen
Cast & crew
Vinie Burrows
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Koko Taylor
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Danny Barker
Self
Mae Barnes
Self
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Doll Thomas
Self
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Chris Albertson
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Sammy Price
Self
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Ida Goodson
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Blue Lu Barker
Self
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Alberta Hunter
Self
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