Bush Mama (1979)
Dorothy is a poor black woman. Her husband is put in jail for no 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.
- Date of release
- 1979-09-01
- TMDB
- 6.7 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Haile Gerima
Casting
- Barbara O. Jones — Dorothy
- Johnny Weathers — T.C.
- Cora Lee Day — Molly
- Simmi Ella Nelson — Simmi
- Bettie J. Wilson — Social Worker
- Bob Ogburn Jr. — Dahomey Man
- Susan Williams — Luann
- Ben Collins — Ben
- Renna Kraft — Angi
- Darian Gibbs — Young Street Boy
- Minnie Stewart — 1st Welfare Recipient
- Malbertha Pickett — 2nd Welfare Recipient
Interesting facts
Bush Mama is an American film made by Ethiopian-American director Haile Gerima, part of the L.A. Rebellion movement of political and experimental black cinema in the 1970s. It was released in 1979 though made earlier, in 1975.
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