Romance ·Drama · United States of America · 1996 · 1h 55m

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored poster
Director
Tim Reid
Cast
Al Freeman Jr. as Poppa Phylicia Rashād as Ma Ponk Paula Kelly as Ma Pearl Salli Richardson-Whitfield as Miss Alice (as Salli Richardson) Anna Maria Horsford as Miss Annie Bernie Casey as Mr. Walter
Crew
Paul W. Cooper — Screenplay Clifton L. Taulbert — Novel
Synopsis

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

Mood & Themes
racial segregationfamily relationshipsrural area
Key Collaborators
Tim Reid Director Paul W. Cooper Screenplay Clifton L. Taulbert Novel
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