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Before Women Had Wings (1997)

11/02/1997 Drama, TV Movie 1h 36m
60%
User
Score
6.5/10

In a world of abuse and violence, one person gave her hope

Overview

An adaptation of Connie May Fowler's 1996 novel tracing the unlikely friendship between a young white girl, daughter of an alcoholic mother and a no-good father, and a tender-hearted but reclusive black woman in the rural South of the '60s.

Lloyd Kramer

Director

Connie May Fowler

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Ellen Barkin

Ellen Barkin

Glory Marie Jackson

Tina Majorino

Tina Majorino

Avocet Abigail 'Bird' Jackson

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

Zora Williams

Julia Stiles

Julia Stiles

Phoebe Jackson

Burt Young

Burt Young

Louis Ippolito

John Savage

John Savage

Billy Jackson

William Lee Scott

William Lee Scott

Hank Jackson

Louis Crugnali

Louis Crugnali

L.J. Ippolito

David Hart

David Hart

Sheriff

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