Key Details

Release StatusReleased

Release Date1972-11-09

Languageen

Runtime1h 37m

Production

Marconlee

6.8(11)

•1972•1h 37m

Black Girl

"She's got to cut it... or cut out."

Drama

Overview

An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.

Director

Ossie Davis

Writing & Screenplay

J.E. Franklin

Cinematography

Glenwood J. Swanson

Principal Cast

15 credited

Leslie UggamsNetta

Claudia McNeilMu' Dear

Brock PetersEarl

Rhetta GreeneRuth Ann (as Loretta Greene)

Louise StubbsMama Rose

Peggy PettitBillie Jean

Gloria EdwardsNorma

Kent MartinHerbert

Ruby DeeNetta's mother

Gertrude JeannetteSister Jenkins

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