Movie

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

19961h 55min

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

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

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