
Bush Mama
1979 • 1h 37m • Drama
6.7(14 votes)
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.
- Director
- Haile Gerima
- Writers
- Haile Gerima
- Status
- Released
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Barbara O. Jones
Dorothy
Johnny Weathers
T.C.

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



















