The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Adrien Brody
Leonard Chess
Jeffrey Wright
Muddy Waters
Gabrielle Union
Geneva Wade
Columbus Short
Little Walter
Cedric the Entertainer
Willie Dixon
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Revetta Chess
Eamonn Walker
Howlin' Wolf
Tammy Blanchard
Isabelle Allen
Eric Bogosian
Alan Freed
Norman Reedus
Chess Engineer
Yasiin Bey
Chuck Berry
Beyoncé
Etta James
Hounddog
2008
Born to Be Blue
2015
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2020
All Eyez on Me
2017
Suburbia
1984
Beats
2019
Battle of the Year
2013
Bessie
Miles Ahead
2016
The Mambo Kings
1992
Like Sunday, Like Rain
2014
Honey: Rise Up and Dance
2018
Wild Style
1982
The Five Heartbeats
1991
Mo' Better Blues
1990
Blaze
Get On Up
O'Dessa
2025
Rocketman
The Doors