Black Mama, White Mama
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| Black Mama, White Mama | |
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 Theatrical release poster. |
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| Directed by | Eddie Romero |
| Produced by | John Ashley Eddie Romero |
| Written by | H.R. Christian Jonathan Demme |
| Starring | Pam Grier Margaret Markov |
| Music by | Harry Betts |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
| Release date(s) | January 19, 1972 |
| Running time | 87 minutes |
| Language | English |
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Black Mama, White Mama is a 1972 blaxploitation film, starring Pam Grier and Margaret Markov, and directed by Eddie Romero.
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[edit] Plot
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Lee Daniels (portrayed by Pam Grier), a prostitute doing hard time in an island prison camp for women where the guards have a new way to punish inmates who fight: by cuffing them together. Chained to her bitter rival, white revolutionary Karen Brent (portrayed by Margaret Markov), Lee finds herself literally linked to the revolutionary cause, and on the fly, when Karen's guerilla friends stage a coup. But Lee has a cause of her own in the form of a secret stash of cash and a getaway boat. Brawling with her white counterpart over which way to go, she's got to make her escape, before both mama's enemies bring them down.
[edit] Cast
- Pam Grier — Lee Daniels
- Margaret Markov — Karen Brent
- Sid Haig — Ruben
- Lynn Borden — Matron Densmore
- Zaldy Zschornack — Ernesto
- Laurie Burton — Warden Logan
- Eddie Garcia — Captain Cruz
- Alona Alegre — Juana
- Dindo Fernando — Rocco
- Vic Diaz — Vic Cheng
- Wendy Green — Ronda
- Lotis Key — Jeanette
- Alfonso Carvajal — Galindo
- Bruno Punzalan — Truck driver
- Ricardo Herrero — Luis
[edit] Trivia
- Several Volkswagen Country Buggies are used in the film; these were based on the VW Beetle chassis originally for the Australian market. The Country Buggy was locally produced in the Philippines as the Sakbayan using VW powerplants sourced from either Brazil or Mexico.
- A remake of the 1958 classic The Defiant Ones, with the roles reversed this time around.
