Big mama : a film /

Depicts Viola Dees, a devoted, elderly grandmother, in her struggle to raise her orphaned grandson in South Central Los Angeles. She must contend with her own declining health and a bureaucratic and legal system that continually threatens to force them apart.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Home Box Office (Firm), Birthmark (Firm), California Newsreel (Firm)
Other Authors:	Seretean, Tracy, McFerrin, Bobby
Format:	Video VHS
Language:	English
Published:	San Francisco, CA : California Newsreel, [2000]
Subjects:	Grandparents as parents > California > Los Angeles. Child welfare > California > Los Angeles. Foster home care > California > Los Angeles. Grandparent and child > California > Los Angeles. Documentary films.

Description
Summary:	Depicts Viola Dees, a devoted, elderly grandmother, in her struggle to raise her orphaned grandson in South Central Los Angeles. She must contend with her own declining health and a bureaucratic and legal system that continually threatens to force them apart.
Item Description:	"A Birthmark production ; Tracy Seretean, producer"--Academy Award winner list. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videocassette (40 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:	VHS.
Awards:	Academy Award, 2001: Best Documentary, Short Subject
Production Credits:	Cinematography, Tamara Goldsworthy ; editor, Geof Bartz ; original music, Bobby McFerrin ; for Home Box Office: executive producers, Sheila Nevins, Mitchell Block.