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Bush Mama (1979)
Directed by Haile Gerima
Drama · 1h 37m
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.
Cast
Barbara O. Jones
Dorothy
J
Johnny Weathers
T.C.
Cora Lee Day
Molly
S
Simmi Ella Nelson
Simmi
B
Bettie J. Wilson
Social Worker
B
Bob Ogburn Jr.
Dahomey Man
S
Susan Williams
Luann
B
Ben Collins
Ben
R
Renna Kraft
Angi
D
Darian Gibbs
Young Street Boy
M
Minnie Stewart
1st Welfare Recipient
M
Malbertha Pickett
2nd Welfare Recipient
Crew
- Director
- Haile Gerima
- Writer
- Haile Gerima
- Director of Photography
- Roderick Young, Charles Burnett
- Editor
- Haile Gerima
- Producer
- Haile Gerima
Details
- Release date
- 1979-09-01
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America