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Black Mama, White Mama

Black Mama, White Mama

Chicks in Chains - where they come from this is... Fun!

19735.41h 27m

Overview

When two troublemaking female prisoners (one a revolutionary, the other a former harem-girl) can't seem to get along, they are chained together and extradited for safekeeping. The women, still chained together, stumble, stab, and cat-fight their way across the wilderness, igniting a bloody shootout between gangsters and a group of revolutionaries.

Directed by Eddie Romero
Written by H.R. Christian, Jonathan Demme, Joe Viola
Produced by Eddie Romero, John Ashley
Box OfficeBudget: $200KRevenue: $1.0M

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Top Cast

Pam Grier

Pam Grier

Lee Daniels

Margaret Markov

Margaret Markov

Karen Brent

Sid Haig

Sid Haig

Ruben

Lynn Borden

Lynn Borden

Matron Densmore

Zaldy Zshornack

Zaldy Zshornack

Ernesto

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Laurie Burton

Warden Logan

Eddie Garcia

Eddie Garcia

Capt. Cruz

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Alona Alegre

Juana

Dindo Fernando

Dindo Fernando

Rocco

Vic Diaz

Vic Diaz

Vic Cheng

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Themes & Keywords

sexual abusewomen's prisonprison escapejungleracial tensionlesbian

About Black Mama, White Mama

Black Mama, White Mama is a action, crime, thriller, drama film released in 1973 exploring themes of sexual abuse, women's prison, prison escape, jungle, racial tension, lesbian. Directed by Eddie Romero, it stars Pam Grier, Margaret Markov, Sid Haig. When two troublemaking female prisoners (one a revolutionary, the other a former harem-girl) can't seem to get along, they are chained together and extradited for safekeeping. The women, still chained together, stumble, stab, and cat-fight their way across the wilderness, igniting a bloody shootout between gangsters and a group of revolutionaries.

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