Black Mama, White Mama

Infobox_Film
name = Black Mama, White Mama


caption = Theatrical release poster.
imdb_id = 0068282
writer = H.R. Christian
Jonathan Demme
starring = Pam Grier
Margaret Markov
director = Eddie Romero
producer = John Ashley
Eddie Romero
distributor = American International Pictures
released = January 19, 1972
runtime = 87 minutes
language = English
music = Harry Betts
awards =
budget =

"Black Mama, White Mama" is a 1972 blaxploitation film, starring Pam Grier and Margaret Markov, and directed by Eddie Romero.

Plot

The action opens in the south seas. Lee Daniels (Pam Grier) is the girlfriend of the island's biggest pimp/drug dealer, and she just ran off with 40 thousand dollars of his money. Karen Brent (Margaret Markov) is a leading member of the local anarchist group. Lee and Karen are two of the newest inmates at an all-woman's penitentiary.

It's not too long before the Warden ship the pair off to another facility - where they were stopped in route by a group of Karen's fellow revolutionaries keen to free her. During the big gun battle, things go horribly wrong - the federals get reinforcements, the revolutionaries are driven off, and Lee and Karen flee chained together. So begins their flight across the island, with Karen wanting to get back to overthrowing the government and Lee wants to leave the island with her money. Eventually, the two put aside their differences long enough to save their skins. Meanwhile, hunting the pair is Sid Haig as a displaced cowboy.

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

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.

External links

*imdb title|id=0068282|title=Black Mama, White Mama
*rotten-tomatoes|id=black_mama_white_mama|title=Black Mama, White Mama