It ain't the heat, it's the humidity.

Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.

Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, George C. Wolfe and more share the heart, soul and history that brought August Wilson's timeless play to the screen.

A bank robber flies in to a tropical town where the only conversation is: ”It's not the heat, it's the humidity”. First the weather wrecks his plans; then it destroys him.