Momma Don't Allow

Momma Don't Allow is a short British documentary film of 1956 about a show of the Chris Barber band with Ottilie Patterson in a north London trad jazz club.[1] The film features skip jiving by the audience.

It was co-directed by Karel Reisz and Tony Richardson and filmed by Walter Lassally.[2] It was produced by the British Film Institute Experimental Film Fund.[3] It was first shown as part of the first Free cinema programme at the National Film Theatre in February 1956.[4]