Film Screening - BUSH MAMA
Sat, Jul 11
|Sankofa Video Books & Café
Join us for a screening of Haile Gerima’s 1979 film BUSH MAMA at Sankofa, followed by a conversation with the filmmaker. The film follows Dorothy, a young Black mother confronting poverty, state surveillance, and systemic injustice as she fights to protect her family.
Time & Location
Jul 11, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Sankofa Video Books & Café, 2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA
Guests
About The Event
BUSH MAMA details the life of Dorothy who is a poor black woman. Her husband is put in jail for no observable reason and she is pregnant with a second child. The government threatens to take away her welfare if she does not get an abortion.
Tickets
General Admission
$10.60
+$0.27 ticket service fee
Tix + DVD
This ticket guarantees your seat at the screening of BUSH MAMA and includes one BUSH MAMA DVD to take home.
$31.79
+$0.79 ticket service fee
Tix + Bundle
This ticket guarantees your seat at the BuSH MAMA screening and includes one DVD each of BUSH MAMA, TEZA, ADWA, and THROUGH THE DOOR OF NO RETURN.
$63.60
+$1.59 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00