Chadwick Boseman was secretly battling colon cancer when he and Viola Davis filmed “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” ...

Viola Davis admitted she was baffled to see his girlfriend and make-up artist rubbing his back and playing meditative music.

These Black boys aren't running from horror but toward pleasure, into a tent where a crowd has gathered to ... her hotshot trumpeter, Levee (Chadwick Boseman). Unlike the rest of Ma's band of ...