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Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1996)

1996-01-26

(US) •

Romance,

Drama

3.6/10

User

Score

Overview

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

Movie Cast

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Al Freeman Jr.

Poppa

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Phylicia Rashād

Ma Ponk

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Paula Kelly

Ma Pearl

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Miss Alice (as Salli Richardson)

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Anna Maria Horsford

Miss Annie

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Bernie Casey

Mr. Walter

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Isaac Hayes

Preacher Hurn

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Ray J

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

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Polly Bergen

Miss Maybry

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Taj Mahal

Mr. Will

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Leon

Uncle Melvin

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Richard Roundtree

Cleve