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Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored — Aevora

FEATURE FILM / 1996

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

★ 4.21h 55mRomanceDrama

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

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Director

Tim Reid

Status

Released

Budget

N/A

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CAST

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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

Anna Maria Horsford

Anna Maria Horsford

Miss Annie

Bernie Casey

Bernie Casey

Mr. Walter

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