2020 Issue 6 Nov/Dec - Focus Mid-South Magazine

SNEAK PEAK
by Ray Rico
STREAMING
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Tensions rise during a recording session in
1920s Chicago as a band of musicians await the
legendary “Mother of the Blues,” Ma Rainey
(Viola Davis). Late to the session, the fearless,
fiery Ma engages in a battle of wills with her
white manager and producer over control of
her music. As the band waits in the studio’s
claustrophobic rehearsal room, ambitious horn
player Levee (Chadwick Boseman) spurs his
fellow musicians into an eruption of stories
revealing truths that will forever change the
course of their lives. Out on Netflix December 18.
STREAMING
Selena: The Series
Before she became the Queen of Tejano Music,
Selena Quintanilla was a young girl from Texas with
big dreams and an even bigger voice. The two-part
coming-of-age
drama Selena: The
Series explores the
once-in-a-generation
performer’s journey
as a young artist,
from singing small
gigs in Corpus Christi
with her family to
becoming one of
the most successful
Latin artists of all
time — and the years
of grit and sacrifice
the Quintanilla family
navigated together
before Selena’s
meteoric rise to
fame. Out on Netflix
December 4.
STREAMING
The Prom
New York City stage
stars Dee Dee Allen
(Meryl Streep) and
Barry Glickman
(James Corden)
are in a crisis: their
Broadway show is
a major flop that
has flatlined their careers. Meanwhile, in smalltown
Indiana, high schooler Emma Nolan (Jo Ellen
Pellman) feels a different kind of heartbreak:
despite the support from the principal (Keegan-
Michael Key), the PTA prez (Kerry Washington)
has banned her from attending the prom with her
girlfriend, Alyssa
(Ariana DeBose).
Dee Dee and
Barry decide
that Emma’s
is the perfect
cause to help
resurrect their
public images;
they hit the road
with fellow actors Angie (Nicole Kidman) and Trent
(Andrew Rannells). Their selfish plan backfires,
so the foursome rally to give Emma a night to
celebrate her true self. Out on Netflix December 11.
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