| Black Mama, White Mama | |
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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, 1973 |
| Running time | 87 minutes |
| Language | English |
Black Mama, White Mama is a 1973 women in prison film with elements of blaxploitation, starring Pam Grier and Margaret Markov, and directed by Eddie Romero.
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The action opens in a woman's prison, located on an island in the South Seas. Lee Daniels (Pam Grier) is the girlfriend of the island's biggest pimp and drug dealer, and she just ran off with $40,000.00USD 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 ships the pair off to another facility - where they are stopped in route by a group of Karen's fellow revolutionaries who are keen to free her. During the big gun battle, things go horribly wrong - the federals find reinforcements, the revolutionaries run, and Lee and Karen flee chained together. So begins their flight across the island. Each girl wants to go different directions - with Karen wanting to overthrow the government and Lee wanting to leave the island with her money - but they can't unlock their chains. Eventually, the two put aside their differences long enough to save their skins from the ogreish and murderous whoremaster. Meanwhile, hunting the pair is the lecherous Ruben (Sid Haig) a displaced cowboy.