some of the film produce by roger corman new world film company in the 1970s represent the best kind of b movie and where the limitation of the genre actually act a a kind of free influence on the writer and director such classic drive in film a deathrace 2000 and hollywood boulevard and grand theft auto and cage heat emerge from this environment . unfortunately and his former confederate at american international picture be run out of steam in the 1970s and particularly in the absence of jim nicholson and and they often produce second rate imitation of corman film and sometimes feature his self make star . black mama and white mama be one of those film . it basically a cheap imitation of the big doll house with some of the same star do a lot of the same thing . yes and this be a john ashley co production ( yes and the same john ashley who be the hilarious elvis wan na be in how to make a monster and pair up with debbie walley in beach blanket bingo ) with all the signature mark of his production woman prison where everyone except maybe 2 or 3 lead character include the inmate and the guard be filipino actor in mostly non speaking role and where we see supermodel type woman take on the role of revolutionary militant and and where the primary joy of the film be derive through rudimentary s and m exploitation . the print i saw most recently be horribly light damage ( good ole will viharo describe it a yellow mama and yellow mama ) and but i think even in the best condition the photography and directing be extremely routine . there also very little visual value here corman must not have have very much to do with the film itself because he be always canny enough to at least give his film some extra production value by film in free public space that would make the film look more impressive . this film doesn not look impressive and it doesn not have an impressive soundtrack and and you just feel embarrassed for anyone who show a shred of talent . the only remotely interesting performance come from pam grier a a feisty whore out to escape the life and filipino actor dindo fernando a her grotesquely self indulgent pimp and and sid haig a a cowboy style mercenary . the story place grier and co star margaret markov in a low budget female version of the defiant one and but do very little with the melodramatic possibility afford by that premise . it basically just an excuse to ensure that the two protagonist can still stop for a good mud wrestle match while theyre try to escape the prison together . this be all in the spirit of good fun and but the film ultimately fail even a exploitation because there a certain edge and rawness that should be present in such scene that be instead replace under this director hand with a kind of yawn predictability . so the film will have little value for fan of hard core exploitation value at least in the version i saw it no more explicit than fast pussycat and kill . kill . from over a decade earlier and and far less interesting visually and thematically . for those who just enjoy get a laugh out of so bad it good film and this one might provide some fun but it not in the upper tier . people would be more advised to seek out cage heat or some of the others that revel in their own brutality to the point that it become camp while this one be more similar to less ambitious effort like cirio santiago the muthers . sadly and the best thing about this particular film be the title and the presence of pam grier and who be well in other film around the same time ( particularly jack hill coffy ) . this film perhaps illustrate a midway point in miss grier journey from corman secretary to b movie queen for a day and but other than it historical significance a such it will have little value even to grier big fan because she be give very little to work with here . worth skipping and unless of course you get to see it in a movie theater with a lot of friend and a lot of beer like i do . and even then it value be questionable .