Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (1989)

Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

1989

Documentary Music

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Christine Dall

Cast

Alberta Hunter as Self

Blue Lu Barker as Self

Chris Albertson as Self

Danny Barker as Self

Doll Thomas as Self

Ida Goodson as Self

Koko Taylor as Self

Mae Barnes as Self