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Black Girl (1972)

 -  Drama  -  9 November 1972 (USA)
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An aspiring dancer and her wicked sister's resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.

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Cast

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Earl
Claudia McNeil ...
Mu' Dear
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Netta
Louise Stubbs ...
Mama Rose
Peggy Pettit ...
Billie Jean
Gloria Edwards ...
Norma
Rhetta Greene ...
Ruth Ann (as Loretta Greene)
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Netta's mother
Kent Martin ...
Herbert
Gertrude Jeannette
Carl Byrd
Damu King
Erik Kilpatrick
Bob Harris ...
Ernie
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An aspiring dancer and her wicked sister's resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.

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She's got to cut it... or cut out. See more »

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Mama Rose: Billie Jean, have you started this mess yet?
Billie Jean: I just worked three nights.
Mama Rose: Well, how come I'm just now hearing about it?
Norma: I thought she had done told you about it, Mama. It's a job. I didn't see no reason for her to be hiding no job unless it's something else she doing.
Billie Jean: I was gonna tell you, Mama.
Mama Rose: [almost mocking her] Well, you were gonna tell me?
Billie Jean: After I got my first week's pay and...
Mama Rose: You ain't gonna see no week at that place, Billie Jean! Now you know I don't approve of that... that dancing mess ...
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"Black Girl"
Performed by Betty Everett
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kind of a twisted Cinderella story about a foster girl and her wicked step-sisters that are jealous of her achievements and their 'mammy's' love for her.
4 February 2005 | by (Canada) – See all my reviews

i caught this movie on showcase awhile ago and absolutely loved it! i thought the relationship between the siblings was fairly realistic, especially considering their situation, and it really showed how jealousy brings the worst out of people no matter how good a person the victim may be. it also gives you a pretty good feel of what it was like to be a black girl living in the slums of America back in the 70's. anyway, it wasn't amazing, but it appealed to me mainly because i enjoyed that time period and i loved the way they spoke, the slang and the language sounded really cool. and billy jean is a really good dancer. there is a fight scene as well that was really intense. "girl you better turn her loose!" is this ten lines yet?


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