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Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored1996

★4.2115 minRomanceDrama

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

Director

Writer

Stars

Al Freeman Jr.Phylicia Rashād Paula Kelly

Cast13

Al Freeman Jr.
as Poppa
Phylicia Rashād
as Ma Ponk
Paula Kelly
as Ma Pearl
Salli Richardson-Whitfield
as Miss Alice
Anna Maria Horsford
as Miss Annie
Bernie Casey
as Mr. Walter
Isaac Hayes
as Preacher Hurn
Ray J
as Cliff (12 Yrs.)
Polly Bergen
as Miss Maybry
T
Taj Mahal
as Mr. Will
Leon
as Uncle Melvin
Richard Roundtree
as Cleve
Frank Hoyt Taylor
as Straw Boss

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