White Mama
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Genre Drama Duration | 8.4/10 IMDb Writer Robert C.S. Downs Initial release March 5, 1980 (USA) Running time 1h 45m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie Cast (Adele Malone), Ernest Harden Jr. (B.T. Williamson), (Three Bag Lady), (Gorilla Sydney), (Heavy Charm), (Mrs. McIntyre)Similar movies The Martian , The Hunger Games: Catching Fire , 2012 , Lone Survivor , The Purge: Anarchy , Independence Day | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
White Mama is a 1980 American made-for-television drama film starring Bette Davis in the title role, directed by Jackie Cooper and adapted from the novel of the same name by Robert C.S. Downs. It was broadcast on CBS as The CBS Wednesday Night Movie on March 5, 1980.
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For her performance, Davis was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.
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Synopsis
Davis portrays Adele Malone, an impoverished white widow who takes in a black juvenile offender named B.T. for the support money it will bring. During the course of their stormy relationship, Adele teaches B.T. about responsibility, dignity and pride, while he teaches her street savvy, survival and grit. Together they find a mutual trust and respect that are dramatically tested when Adele is evicted from her apartment and forced to join the legions of homeless bag ladies. In the subsequent dramatic change of events, B.T. enters a brutal boxing where he must fight an awesome opponent in order to help his caring friend to financially survive.
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