Black Mama White Mama

Black Mama White Mama is a 1973 women in prison film with elements of blaxploitation, starring Pam Grier and Margaret Markov, and directed by Eddie Romero. The film is also known as Hot, Hard and Mean (British release title). The film is inspired by The Defiant Ones (1958), where Sidney Poitier (black) and Tony Curtis (white) are shackled together, as Grier (black) and Markov (white) are in this film. The film was set in an unspecified Latin American country (referred to only as "the island") but shot in the Philippines for budgetary purposes.

Black Mama White Mama

Black Mama White Mama is a 1973 women in prison film with elements of blaxploitation, starring Pam Grier and Margaret Markov, and directed by Eddie Romero. The film is also known as Hot, Hard and Mean (British release title). The film is inspired by The Defiant Ones (1958), where Sidney Poitier (black) and Tony Curtis (white) are shackled together, as Grier (black) and Markov (white) are in this film. The film was set in an unspecified Latin American country (referred to only as "the island") but shot in the Philippines for budgetary purposes.