Bush Mama

Bush Mama

🎞️ Movie 97 min US
โ˜… 7.2 /10 1979

Bush Mama is the story of Dorothy and her husband T.C. He is a discharged Vietnam veteran who thought he would return home to a "hero's welcome." Instead he is falsely arrested and imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. Her life revolves around the welfare office and a community facing poverty and unemployment. As a result of the film's events, both the main characters become radicalized and Dorothy eventually turns to violence. 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.

Direction
Screenplay

Cast

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Barbara O
Dorothy
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Johnny Weathers
T.C.
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Susan Williams
Luann
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Cora Lee Day
Molly
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Simmi Ella Nelson
Simmi
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Bettie J. Wilson
Social Worker
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Bob Ogburn Jr.
Dahomey man
Ben Collins
Ben Collins
Ben
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Renna Kraft
Angi
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Darian Gibbs
Young Street Boy
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Onaje Kareem Kenyatta
Composer
Charles Burnett
Charles Burnett
Cinematographer
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Roderick Young
Cinematographer