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

PG ★ 4.2/10 115 min Romance, Drama United States English

Director: Tim Reid

Screenplay by: Paul W. Cooper
Novel: Clifton L. Taulbert

Streaming: Not available

Description

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

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.)