USA,
1976, 100 min
Directed by:
Jamaa FanakaScreenplay:
Jamaa FanakaCinematography:
Stephen L. PoseyComposer:
H.B. BarnumPlots(1)
When her mother dies, naive Emma Mae moves from the South to Los Angeles to live with relatives in the inner-city. At first she is ridiculed for her country ways, but once accepted she gets involved with a drug dealer and grows up too fast. After enduring many humiliations by her boyfriend he callously breaks off their relationship. When she realizes he was using her, Emma Mae retaliates with her fists. (official distributor synopsis)
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