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Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1996 4.2 (4 votes) 1h 55m
Genres
Romance Drama
Production Companies
BET Pictures
United Image Entertainme

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Overview

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

Key Crew

Director: Tim Reid

Screenplay: Paul W. Cooper

Top Cast

Al Freeman Jr.
Al Freeman Jr.

Poppa
Phylicia Rashād
Phylicia Rashād

Ma Ponk
Paula Kelly
Paula Kelly

Ma Pearl
Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Miss Alice (as Salli Richardson)
Anna Maria Horsford
Anna Maria Horsford

Miss Annie
Bernie Casey
Bernie Casey

Mr. Walter
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes

Preacher Hurn
Ray J
Ray J

Cliff (12 Yrs.) (as Willis Norwood Jr.)

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