EMMA MAE-1976-The seemingly shy, sweet Emma Mae (Jeri Hayes) comes to LA to live with her hip city oriented cousins. At a get together she proves she as tough as anyone else when she socks a guy. She falls for another guy at a party just before it turns into a riot. The guy seems ok but is really a dirt bag druggie.
After a riot at a party he and his friends are arrested for beating up two cops and sent to jail. Emma Mae tries to raise money for a lawyer by opening up a car wash but “the pigs” close her down. She decides the only way to get the money is to rob a bank. She gets help from an old revolutionary named Big Daddy (Malik Carter) who gives a great speech in one scene. The robbery is successful and she gets her man out of the slammer but he two times her the same night he’s sprung and she winds up kicking his ass with many well placed groin shots and returning to her home down south. It’s a pretty funny little drama but the acting especially by Hayes in the lead role isn’t very good. It’s also known as BLACK SISTER’S REVENGE.
This was director Jamaa Fanaka’s second feature. His next in 1979 would be the exploitation hit PENITENTIARY.
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