Bush Mama
1979·Drama·1h 37m
7.1
★
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.
Directed by Haile Gerima
l.a. rebellion
IMDB
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Cast
Barbara O. Jones
Dorothy
Cora Lee Day
Molly
Crew
Haile Gerima
Director
Haile Gerima
Writer
Haile Gerima
Editor
Charles Burnett
Director of Photography
Haile Gerima
Producer
Popular Reviews
14 reviews
Ev
9.0★ · 11/05/25
struck harder upon second watch
struck harder upon second watch
Kay DeePRO
9.0★ · 04/25/25
How many people are like Dorothy and can become radicalized not by reading, but through the cruelty held against them in their everyday lives? How do we talk to them before they face state-sanctioned violence? The brutality here is quotidian and it’s been happening since the start of America.
Barbara O gives probably one of most devastating performances I’ve seen in a movie.
The last monologue here has a line “I took my wig off” which sounds whatever out of context but is so powerful in the framework of the film. Damn.
Barbara O gives probably one of most devastating performances I’ve seen in a movie.
The last monologue here has a line “I took my wig off” which sounds whatever out of context but is so powerful in the framework of the film. Damn.
How many people are like Dorothy and can become radicalized not by reading, but through the cruelty held against them in their everyday lives? How do we talk to them before they face state-sanctioned violence? The brutality here is quotidian and it’s been happening since the start of America.
Barbara O gives probably one of most devastating performances I’ve seen in a movie.
The last monologue here has a line “I took my wig off” which sounds whatever out of context but is so powerful in the framework of the film. Damn.
Barbara O gives probably one of most devastating performances I’ve seen in a movie.
The last monologue here has a line “I took my wig off” which sounds whatever out of context but is so powerful in the framework of the film. Damn.
diego brando
6.9★ · 04/25/25
Despite everything, don’t lose your tenderness.
Watts is crumbling around them, it’s simply not enough to get by anymore when the walls are closing in.
Absolutely raw and visceral film by Gerima.
“Black people in America made me … I’m a creation of Black Americans.” — Haile Gerima, 4/25/25
Watts is crumbling around them, it’s simply not enough to get by anymore when the walls are closing in.
Absolutely raw and visceral film by Gerima.
“Black people in America made me … I’m a creation of Black Americans.” — Haile Gerima, 4/25/25
Despite everything, don’t lose your tenderness.
Watts is crumbling around them, it’s simply not enough to get by anymore when the walls are closing in.
Absolutely raw and visceral film by Gerima.
“Black people in America made me … I’m a creation of Black Americans.” — Haile Gerima, 4/25/25
Watts is crumbling around them, it’s simply not enough to get by anymore when the walls are closing in.
Absolutely raw and visceral film by Gerima.
“Black people in America made me … I’m a creation of Black Americans.” — Haile Gerima, 4/25/25
Ev
6.0★ · 04/08/25
the last shot! nothing ever changes.
the last shot! nothing ever changes.