Momma Don't Allow is a 1956 short British documentary film co-directed by Karel Reisz and Tony Richardson, and filmed by Walter Lassally. Produced by the British Film Institute Experimental Film Fund, it was first shown in February 1956, as part of the first Free Cinema programme at the National Film Theatre.The film depicts a performance of The Chris Barber Jazz Band (with Ottilie Patterson) at The Fishmonger's Arms, a trad jazz club in Wood Green, North London. It features extensive footage of skip jiving by the audience on the club's dance floor.