White Mama(1980)
A proud widow. A frightened homeless kid. Nobody cared about them until they cared enough to fight for each other.
A poor, elderly white woman living in a tenement in a black ghetto is befriended by a neighborhood boy, and the two of them form a mutually beneficial relationship: he provides her companionship and protection, and she becomes the mother he never had.
Movie: White Mama
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Estelle Malone
B.T. Williamson
Three Bag Lady
Gorilla Sydney
Heavy Charm
Mrs. McIntyre
Black Fighter
Judge Alice Quentin
Counsellor
Father Gannon
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