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

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Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

directed by Tim Reid

19961h 55mPGRomance

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BET Pictures & United Image Entertainme present

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

directed by Tim Reid

19961h 55mPGRomance

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§ Synopsis

Romance · Drama

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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racial segregation family relationships rural area

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§ Cast

8 of 13

Al Freeman Jr.

Phylicia Rashād

Phylicia Rashād

Paula Kelly

Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Salli Richardson-Whitfield

Anna Maria Horsford

Anna Maria Horsford

Bernie Casey

Isaac Hayes

as Preacher Hurn

Ray J

as Cliff (12 Yrs.)

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