Bush Mama

1979·United States·97 min.
Bush Mama
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Non rated
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Drama

It details the life of Dorothy who is a poor black woman. Her husband is put in jail for observable reason and she is pregnant with a second child. The government threatens to take away her welfare if she does not get an abortion.

DirectorHaile Gerima
ScreenwriterHaile Gerima
MusicOnaje Kareem Kenyatta
CinematographyCharles Burnett·Roderick Young
CastBarbarao·Johnny Weathers·Susan Williams·Cora Lee Day·Simmi Ella Nelson·Bettie J. Wilson·Bob Ogburn Jr.·Ben Collins·Renna Kraft·Darian Gibbs·Show all
Original titleBush Mama