简介：BushMamapowerfullycapturestheangerofAmericawhenthedreamenvisionedbyMartinLutherKingmetwithviolentsuppressionandthestarkrealityofinnercityneglectexposedbytheuprisinginWattsin1965.HaileGerima'siconicfilmshowstheBlackcommunityundersiege,harassedandstarvedofopportunities.Itisapowerfulportraitofthepoliticalawakeningofamotherstrugglingtosurviveonwelfareandbringupherdaughter.Deftlycombiningfictionwithdocumentary,includingfootageoftheLAPDquestioningGerimaandhiscrewduringfilming,thefilmdrawsonarangeoftopicaleventsfrompolicekillings,treatmentofVietnamveteranstothemilitantliberationmovementinAfrica.ThemesmerisingperformanceofBarbaraO.Jonesshowstheprotagonistsshiftfrompassivitytoempowerment.Thefilmvividlyconjuresherinteriorworld,afracturedrealityfilteredbymemoriesandanxietiesasshemovestowardspoliticalconsciousnessfollowingthearrestofherhusbandforacrimehedidn'tcommit.　　InspiredbytheEthiopiandirector'sexperiencesofracisminAmerica,thefilmforcefullytacklesquestionsofracial,genderandsocialinequalitiesthatcontinuetohaveresonancetoday.BushMama'sradicalpoliticsismatchedbyitsform,itsincrediblelayeredsounddesignandellipticalstructurecreatesoneofthemostpowerfulfilmsoftheperiod.…