Black Mama White Mama (1972)
- Original title
- Black Mama, White Mama
- Directed by
- Eddie Romero
- Genre
- action film, women in prison film, prison film, blaxploitation film, sexploitation film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 103 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two women from different backgrounds are chained together and escape from a brutal prison on a tropical island. They must cooperate to evade the guards and a local gangster.
grungyexploitation-stylepacycampygrittydefiantfunkyover-the-top
What happens
Black Mama White Mama, also known as Women in Chains (US reissue title), Hot, Hard and Mean (original 1974 UK title) and Chained Women (1977 UK reissue title), is a 1973 women in prison film directed by Eddie Romero and starring Pam Grier and Margaret Markov. The film has elements of blaxploitation. The movie was reportedly inspired by the 1958 film The Defiant Ones. Set in an unspecified Latin American country referred to only as "the island", the movie was shot in the Philippines for budgetary purposes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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