the plot for black mama white mama and revolve around two female inmate and at a woman prison in the phillipines . one black and and one white . these two woman and be throw together in the prison . pam grier be lee daniel lee be incarcerate in the hellish woman prison and for dance a a harem girl . lee boyfriend owe her part of his profit and from his drug deal activity . lee be mainly interested in break out of the prison to get hold of her beau drug money and so that she can leave the phillipines and assume a good life . margaret markov play karen brent and a white woman from a privilege background and who be also a revolutionary . karen have join a group of revolutionary and determine to change the corrupt phillipino political system . she capture by phillipino authority and and hold a a political prisoner . the story line take off and when karen and lee break out of the prison they be in together . the two of them also happen to be chain together at the wrist . a they flee and they also fight with each other and because they have different goal to pursue . naturally and they hate be chain together . but they also realize that they must put aside their difference and to help each other survive while they evade capture . if this film seem very similar to the big bird cage and it because much of the cast in the two film be the same and as well a their location in the phillipines . roger corman and have always have a consistent stable of actor and that he use in all of his 70 b movie . besides pam grier and sid haig and roberta collins and claudia jennings and betty anne rees and and william smith and be also among the many actor that be frequently cast and in corman aip film . like the big bird cage and black mama white mama and relies on too much gory violence to be palatable . pam grier convey her usual tough chick persona in this film and and show her competence a a female action heroine . margaret markov be less effect and in her portrayal of the revolutionary karen . she just seem to fragile and well coiffed and to be a dedicated political guerrilla . except for sid haig and a the colorful ruben and the rest of the cast be forgettable . this film have little entertainment value and unless excessive and heinous act of violence be your thing . only the performance by pam grier and sig haig and make this film worth watch .