Plot Summary
A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation.
Movie Details
- Original Title
- Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
- Status
- released
- Original Language
- en
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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 Boss
Production Companies
BET Pictures
United Image Entertainme
