Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Al Freeman Jr.
Poppa
Phylicia Rashad
Ma Ponk
Leon
Uncle Melvin
Paula Kelly
Ma Pearl
Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Miss Alice
Anna Maria Horsford
Miss Annie
Bernie Casey
Mr. Walter
Isaac Hayes
Preacher Hurn
Ray J
Cliff (12 Yrs.)
Karen Malina White
Mary
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Paul Buckmaster
Composer
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Lionel Cole
Composer
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Steve Tyrell
Composer
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John Simmons
Cinematographer