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Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Movie
1996
1h 55m
English
Romance, Drama
This film relates the story of a tightly connected Afro-American community informally called Colored Town where the inhabitants live and depend on each other in a world where racist oppression is everywhere, as told by a boy called Cliff who spent his childhood there. Despite this, we see the life of the community in all its joys and sorrows, of those that live there while others decide to leave for a better life north. For those remaining, things come to a serious situation when one prominent businessman is being muscled out by a white competitor using racist intimidation. In response, the community must make the decision of whether to submit meekly like they always have, or finally fight for their rights.
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Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1996) on IMDb
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76

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Paula Kelly
Ma Pearl
Salli RichardsonWhitfield
Miss Alice (as Salli Richardson)
Bernie Casey
Mr. Walter
Isaac Hayes
Preacher Hurn
Ray J
Cliff (12 Yrs.) (as Willis Norwood ...
Polly Bergen
Miss Maybry
Taj Mahal
Mr. Will
Leon
Uncle Melvin
Directed By: Tim Reid
Written By: Paul W. Cooper (Screenplay), Clifton L. Taulbert (Novel)

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