Babymother

Babymother

82 mins | Drama, Music, TV Movie | Sept. 11, 1998

A single mother determined to make it as a singer puts together an all-girl reggae group named Neeta, Sweeta, & Nastie with her friends. Living in a housing estate with little support, the odds are obviously against her. Emotionally she struggles too as she learns at her mother's death that her actual mother is the woman she had thought was her older sister. With the help of a female agent, the group starts to get some exposure and rises above their setting.

Babymother

82 mins | Drama, Music, TV Movie | Sept. 11, 1998

Babymother
A single mother determined to make it as a singer puts together an all-girl reggae group named Neeta, Sweeta, & Nastie with her friends. Living in a housing estate with little support, the odds are obviously against her. Emotionally she struggles too as she learns at her mother's death that her actual mother is the woman she had thought was her older sister. With the help of a female agent, the group starts to get some exposure and rises above their setting.
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers Channel Four Films, Arts Council of England
Original title Babymother
Directors Julian Henriques
Writers

Cast

Anjela Lauren Smith

as Anita - the Babymother

Caroline Chikezie

as Sharon - Her Bestfriend

Don Warrington

as Luther - the don

Vas Blackwood

as Caesar - Sharon's guy

Wil Johnson

as Byron - her Babyfather

Suzette Llewellyn

as Rose - her sister

Corinne Skinner-Carter

as Edith - Mother

Anton Rice

as Anton

Jocelyn Jee Esien

as Yvette - her other best friend (as Jocelyn Esien)

Tameka Empson

as Dionne - her rival

Diane Bailey

as Bee - the promoter

Andrea Francis

as Yvette's Sister