Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
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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Cast
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Al Freeman Jr.
Poppa
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Phylicia Rashād
Ma Ponk
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Paula Kelly
Ma Pearl
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Salli Richardson-Whitfield
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Anna Maria Horsford
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Bernie Casey
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Isaac Hayes
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Ray J
Cliff (12 Yrs.)
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Polly Bergen
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Taj Mahal
Mr. Will
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Richard Roundtree
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Tim Reid Director · Paul W. Cooper Screenplay Clifton L. Taulbert Author
Worldwide gross $3.4M · United States release January 26, 1996 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$3,375,000
Production
BET Pictures
Production
United Image Entertainme
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 29, 1995
Premiere · North Carolina Film Festival
United States · January 26, 1996
Theatrical
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