''Black Sister's Revenge'' is a 1976
Blaxploitation
Blaxploitation is an ethnic subgenre of the exploitation film that emerged in the United States during the early 1970s. The term, a portmanteau of the words "black" and "exploitation", was coined in August 1972 by Junius Griffin, the president o ...
film written and directed by Jamaa Fanaka. The film stars Jerri Hayes, Ernest Williams III, and Charles David Brooks, III. The film was released theatrically as ''Emma Mae'', then re-titled to ''Black Sister's Revenge'' for home video release.
Plot
''Black Sister's Revenge'' is about a teen moving from a small Southern town in Mississippi, to be with her family in
Los Angeles. When Emma Mae (Jerri Hayes) first moves to Los Angeles, she's introduced to Jessie Amos (Ernest Williams III) whom she instantly falls for. Jessie and Zeke (Charles David Brooks III) are eventually locked up for assaulting an officer. When Jessie and Zeke go to jail, Emma Mae starts a carwash to raise money for bail. When that fails, she plots a
bank robbery to get the cash for his bail. She later finds out that he doesn't love her and used her, leading to Emma Mae's dramatic fight scene, beating Jessie senseless and her final speech about how stupid the group was, still having gang wars.
Cast
* Jerri Hayes as Emma Mae
* Ernest Williams III as Jesse Amos
* Charles D. Brooks III as Ezekiel "Zeke" Johnson
* Leopoldo Mandeville as Chay
* Malik Carter as "Big Daddy" Johnson
* Eddie Allen as James
* Gammy Burdett as Daisy Stansell
* Teri Taylor as Dara Stansell
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Synthia Saint James
Synthia Saint James (born February 11, 1949) is an American visual artist, author, keynote speaker, educator and actor in the 70s. She is best known for designing the original cover art of the hardcover edition of Terry McMillan's book ''Waiting t ...
as Ulika Stansell
* Robert Slaughter as Devo
* Eddy C. Dyer as Huari Stansell
* Laetitia Burdett as Melik Stansell
See also
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List of American films of 1976
A list of American films released in 1976.
''Rocky'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
''Rocky'' was also the highest-grossing American film released during 1976.
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See also
* 1976 in ...
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List of hood films
This is a list of hood films – films focusing on the culture and life of African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, and/or in some cases, Asian Americans living in segregated, low-income urban communities, as well as comparably deprived and crime-ri ...
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1976 films
Blaxploitation films
1970s English-language films
Films set in California
1976 drama films
Films directed by Jamaa Fanaka
American drama films
1970s American films
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