2 'Mamas' Are Chicks in Chains

By Donna Chernin "Black Mama, White Mama" comes off like a poor "good news, bad news" joke.

• The good news is that two girls, one black, the other white, manage to escape from prison. The bad news is that they are stuck together in the jungles, literally, by a heavy steel chain.

Now, the black girl's only

'Black Mama, White Mama'

Directed by Eddłe Romero, produced by John Ashley, screenplay by H. R. Christian, story by Joseph Viola and Jonathan Demme. American Internotional, Restricted. Lee Daniels Karen Brent..............

Pam Grier .Margaret Markov

salvation lies in fleeing to the coast. But the white girl feels she must escape to the interior to join her guerrilla revolutionary friends. Being

a “chick in chains” can have decided disadvantages.

The most amusing aspect of this ridiculous film, which features lesbian prison wardens, sadistic chieftains and panty hunts, is how it ever escaped an Xrating.