
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.
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
January 26, 1996
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Cast (12)

Al Freeman Jr.
Poppa

Phylicia Rashād
Ma Ponk

Paula Kelly
Ma Pearl

Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Miss Alice (as Salli Richardson)

Anna Maria Horsford
Miss Annie

Bernie Casey
Mr. Walter

Isaac Hayes
Preacher Hurn

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

Polly Bergen
Miss Maybry

Taj Mahal
Mr. Will

Leon
Uncle Melvin

Richard Roundtree
Cleve
Crew (3)
Directing

Tim Reid
Director
Writing

Paul W. Cooper
Screenplay

Clifton L. Taulbert
Novel