''Black Sister's Revenge'' is a 1976
Blaxploitation
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film written and directed by Jamaa Fanaka. The film stars Jerri Hayes, Ernest Williams III, and Charles David Brooks, III. The film was released theatrically as ''Emma Mae'', then re-titled to ''Black Sister's Revenge'' for home video release.
Plot
''Black Sister's Revenge'' is about a teen moving from a small Southern town in Mississippi to live with her family in
Los Angeles
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. When Emma Mae (Jerri Hayes) first moves to Los Angeles, she's introduced to Jesse Amos (Ernest Williams III), with whom she instantly falls in love. Jesse and Zeke (Charles David Brooks III) are eventually locked up for assaulting an officer.
When Jesse and Zeke go to jail, Emma Mae starts a
car wash
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to raise money for bail. When that fails, she plots a
bank robbery
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to get the cash for his bail. She later finds out that he doesn't love her, and used her, leading to Emma Mae's dramatic fight scene, beating Jesse senseless and her final speech about how stupid she and the group were, still having gang wars and following behind Jesse. While a beaten Jesse is carried back into the house, Emma Mae walks home with her cousins.
Cast
* Jerri Hayes as Emma Mae
* Ernest Williams II as Jesse Amos
* Charles D. Brooks III as Ezekiel "Zeke" Johnson
* Leopoldo Mandeville as Chay
* Malik Carter as "Big Daddy" Johnson
* Eddie Allen as James
* Gammy Burdett as Daisy Stansell
* Teri Taylor as Dara Stansell
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Synthia Saint James as Ulika Stansell
* Robert Slaughter as Devo
* Eddy C. Dyer as Huari Stansell
* Laetitia Burdett as Melik Stansell
See also
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List of American films of 1976
This is a list of American films released in 1976.
Box office
The highest-grossing American films released in 1976, by domestic box office gross revenue as estimated by '' The Numbers'', are as follows:
January–March
April–June
Ju ...
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List of hood films
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1976 films
Blaxploitation films
1970s hood films
1970s English-language films
Films set in California
1976 drama films
Films directed by Jamaa Fanaka
American drama films
1970s American films
English-language crime films
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