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Starring: Al Freeman Jr, Phylicia Rashad, Paula Kelly (View All)
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Starring: Al Freeman Jr, Phylicia Rashad, Paula Kelly
Actor Tim Reid (WKRP in Cincinnati) made his directorial debut with this filmed adaptation of Clifton L. Taulbert's autobiography. Set in an African-American community in the segregated South, Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored follows a young Taulbert through three decades, beginning with his birth in a cotton field in 1946. As he grows up, Taulbert is faced with the harsh realities of being black in the mid-20th century: first from the lessons of his great-grandfather (Al Freeman Jr.), later in his trips to the local segregated library, and finally in 1962, when a 16-year-old Taulbert watches as his community deals with a racist white business owner trying to run a local black ice man out of town. Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored was the recipient of the Audience Choice Award at the 1995 St. Louis International Film Festival. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
1/26/96
MPAA Rating
Rated PG
Running Time
115 mins.
Locations
- Glen Allan, MS
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$65,076
Awards
- Winner of the Audience Choice: Best of the Fest Award at the 1995 St. Louis Film Festival.
- Winner of the Audience Award for Most Popular Film at the 1995 Hawaii International Film Festival.
- Winner of the Special Jury Prize for Direction in a Feature Debut at the 1995 Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival.
Distributor
- Legacy Releasing Corporation
- Republic Pictures Home Video
