Emma Mae (1976)
She’s just off the bus from the deep South… and learning fast how to out-smart and out-tough the city just to stay alive… she’s EMMA MAE!
100 min
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.
- Release date
- November 12, 1976
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Jerri Hayes as Emma Mae
- Ernest Williams II as Jesse Amos
- Charles D. Brooks III as Ezekiel 'Zeke' Johnson
- Eddie Allen as James
- Robert Slaughter as Devo
- Malik Carter as Big Daddy Johnson
- Teri Taylor as Dara Stansell
- Leopoldo Mandeville as Chay
- Al Cowart as Jerimi
- Gammy Singer as Daisy Stansell
Crew
- Jamaa Fanaka · Director
- Jamaa Fanaka · Writer
- Jamaa Fanaka · Producer
- H.B. Barnum · Composer
- Stephen L. Posey · Cinematographer
- Robert Fitzgerald · Editor
- Lynette Gordon · Casting director