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Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Film

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

3.6

1h 55m

1996

Synopsis

A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation.

Director

Tim Reid

RomanceDrama

racial segregationfamily relationshipsrural area

Cast & Crew

Al Freeman Jr.

Al Freeman Jr.

as Poppa

Phylicia Rashād

Phylicia Rashād

as Ma Ponk

Paula Kelly

Paula Kelly

as Ma Pearl

Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Salli Richardson-Whitfield

as Miss Alice (as Salli Richardson)

Anna Maria Horsford

Anna Maria Horsford

as Miss Annie

Bernie Casey

Bernie Casey

as Mr. Walter

Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes

as Preacher Hurn

Ray J

Ray J

as Cliff (12 Yrs.) (as Willis Norwood Jr.)

Polly Bergen

Polly Bergen

as Miss Maybry

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