Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

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Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

1996

1h 55m

4.2(4 votes)

Romance

Drama

Overview

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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12 members

Acting

Al Freeman Jr.

Poppa

Acting

Phylicia Rashād

Ma Ponk

Acting

Paula Kelly

Ma Pearl

Acting

Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Miss Alice (as Salli Richardson)

Acting

Anna Maria Horsford

Miss Annie

Acting

Bernie Casey

Mr. Walter

Acting

Isaac Hayes

Preacher Hurn

Acting

Ray J

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

Acting

Polly Bergen

Miss Maybry

Acting

Taj Mahal

Mr. Will

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Leon

Uncle Melvin

Acting

Richard Roundtree

Cleve

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Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Overview

Links & Resources

Production Companies

Cast & Crew

Al Freeman Jr.

Phylicia Rashād

Paula Kelly

Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Anna Maria Horsford

Bernie Casey

Isaac Hayes

Ray J

Polly Bergen

Taj Mahal

Leon

Richard Roundtree

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