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Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

1996 · Tim Reid · 115 min

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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.PoppaPhylicia RashādMa PonkPaula KellyMa PearlSalli Richardson-WhitfieldMiss AliceAnna Maria HorsfordMiss AnnieBernie CaseyMr. WalterIsaac HayesPreacher HurnRay JCliff (12 Yrs.)Polly BergenMiss MaybryTaj MahalMr. WillLeonUncle MelvinRichard RoundtreeCleveFrank Hoyt TaylorStraw Boss

Cast

Al Freeman Jr.PoppaPhylicia RashādMa PonkPaula KellyMa PearlSalli Richardson-WhitfieldMiss AliceAnna Maria HorsfordMiss AnnieBernie CaseyMr. WalterIsaac HayesPreacher HurnRay JCliff (12 Yrs.)Polly BergenMiss MaybryTaj MahalMr. WillLeonUncle MelvinRichard RoundtreeCleveFrank Hoyt TaylorStraw Boss

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