Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

4.2
  • Genre: RomanceDrama
  • Run time: 115 min
  • Premiere: 1996. January 26.

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

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Al Freeman Jr.

Poppa

Phylicia Rashād

Ma Ponk

Paula Kelly

Ma Pearl

Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Miss Alice (as Salli Richardson)

Anna Maria Horsford

Miss Annie

Bernie Casey

Mr. Walter

Isaac Hayes

Preacher Hurn

Ray J

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

Polly Bergen

Miss Maybry

Taj Mahal

Mr. Will

Leon

Uncle Melvin

Richard Roundtree

Cleve

Directing

Tim Reid

Director

Writing

Paul W. Cooper

Screenplay

Clifton L. Taulbert

Novel

Directing

Tim Reid

Director

Writing

Paul W. Cooper

Screenplay

Clifton L. Taulbert

Novel