Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1996)
Overview
A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation.
Cast
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
Frank Hoyt Taylor
Straw BossRecommendations
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