Emphasis on the word &quot;tease&quot; because it's just that, as part of a much longer reel that includes highlights from 2014, and what the premium cable TV network has in store for subscribers in 2015.

But I thought I'd share it anyway, while we wait for the eventual release of the first full trailer.

The Dee Rees-directed Bessie Smith&nbsp;biopic, stars Queen Latifah stars in the title role. She's joined in front of the camera by Mo’Nique&nbsp;and&nbsp;Khandi Alexander,&nbsp;playing&nbsp;Ma Rainey&nbsp;&quot;Mother Of The Blues,&quot;&nbsp;and Bessie Smith's older sister,&nbsp;Viola, respectively. 

Charles S. Dutton plays William “Pa” Rainey, husband to Ma Rainey; Mike Epps is Richard Morgan, a Bessie Smith romantic interest; Tika Sumpter plays Lucille, Bessie's longtime lover and a dancer in her troupe; and Michael K. Williams is Bessie Smith's husband,&nbsp;who you may recall as the Jack Gee character detailed in Jai's script review&nbsp;here. 

Tory Kittles, Oliver Platt,...<br/>
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