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Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored poster

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored(1996)

PGJanuary 26, 19961h 55m

42%User score 42 percent

User Score

6 votes

Overview

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
Writers: Paul W. Cooper

Top Billed Cast

Al Freeman Jr.
Poppa
Phylicia Rashād
Ma Ponk
Paula Kelly
Ma Pearl
Salli Richardson-Whitfield
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Anna Maria Horsford

Miss Annie

Bernie Casey

Mr. Walter

Isaac Hayes

Preacher Hurn

Ray J

Cliff (12 Yrs.)

Polly Bergen

Miss Maybry

Taj Mahal

Mr. Will

Leon

Uncle Melvin

Richard Roundtree

Cleve

Frank Hoyt Taylor

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Facts

Status: Released
Original title: Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
Original language: English
Production: BET Pictures, United Image Entertainme

Keywords

racial segregation
family relationships
rural area