Film
Emma Mae
United States- Age rating
- R
- Director
- Jamaa Fanaka
- Year
- 1976
She’s just off the bus from the deep South… and learning fast how to out-smart and out-tough the city just to stay alive… she’s EMMA MAE!
A naive young woman moves from the South to stay with her aunt and uncle in Compton. As an outsider, she struggles at first to find her footing, but soon falls into the middle of a community of rebellious youth. She soon becomes more and more aware of the social injustices of the big city.
Top cast
Jerri Hayes
Emma Mae
Ernest Williams II
Jesse Amos
Charles D. Brooks III
Ezekiel 'Zeke' Johnson
Leopoldo Mandeville
Chay
Malik Carter
'Big Daddy' Johnson
Eddie Allen
James
Gammy Burdett
Daisy Stansell
Teri Taylor
Dara Stansell
Synthia Saint James
Ulika Stansell
Robert Slaughter
Devo
Eddy C. Dyer
Huari Stansell
Laetitia Burdett
Melik Stansell
Alicia Dhanifu
Belly Dancer
Directed by
Jamaa Fanaka
Written by
Jamaa Fanaka
Produced by
Jamaa Fanaka
