Bush Mama · LeviOsa

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Bush Mama · LeviOsa

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Drama1h 37m

🍅71%

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71%

Tomatometer

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71%

Popcornmeter

6.7

TMDB

Storyline

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.

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Haile Gerima on Bush Mama

Details

DirectorHaile Gerima

ReleasedSep 1, 1979

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Cast

Barbara O. Jones

Barbara O. Jones

Dorothy

Johnny Weathers

T.C.

Cora Lee Day

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

Reviews

4 reviews · 3 critics

3 fresh · 0 rotten

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Richard Brody

RTThe New YorkerMay 1, 2017

Gerima's great achievement is to compose a cinematic style that's simultaneously observational and subjective, dramatic and internalized.

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Dennis Harvey

RT48 HillsSep 12, 2022

A snapshot of mid-70s Watts life from the viewpoint of an African-American woman raising her child alone while her partner is in jail.

J

Jas Keimig

RTThe Stranger (Seattle, WA)Feb 2, 2022

Haile Gerima's Bush Mama plays like a riveting and radical fever dream.

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Information

Title

Bush Mama

Released

Sep 1, 1979

Rated

Not rated

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 37m

Status

Released

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