Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Jan 26, 1996

1h 55m

★ 3.6

Overview

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

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

BET Pictures

United Image Entertainme

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Cast

Poppa

Al Freeman Jr.

Ma Ponk

Phylicia Rashād

Ma Pearl

Paula Kelly

Miss Alice (as Salli Richardson)

Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Miss Annie

Anna Maria Horsford

Mr. Walter

Bernie Casey

Preacher Hurn

Isaac Hayes

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

Ray J

Miss Maybry

Polly Bergen

Mr. Will

Taj Mahal

Uncle Melvin

Leon

Cleve

Richard Roundtree

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