

She’s just off the bus from the deep South… and learning fast how to out-smart and out-though the city just to stay alive… she’s EMMA MAE!
November 12, 1976
1h 40m
EN
Jamaa Fanaka
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.

Jerri Hayes
Emma Mae

Ernest Williams II
Jesse Amos

Charles D. Brooks III
Ezekiel 'Zeke' Johnson

Leopoldo Mandeville
Chay


Jamaa Fanaka
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Malik Carter
'Big Daddy' Johnson

Eddie Allen
James

Gammy Burdett
Daisy Stansell

Teri Taylor
Dara Stansell

Synthia Saint James
Ulika Stansell

Robert Slaughter
Devo
Bob-Bea Productions
N/A