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Before Women Had Wings(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-11-02
52%
5 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Harpo Films
Movie: Before Women Had Wings
Top 9 Billed Cast
Ellen Barkin
Glory Marie Jackson
Tina Majorino
Avocet Abigail 'Bird' Jackson
Oprah Winfrey
Zora Williams
Julia Stiles
Phoebe Jackson
Burt Young
Louis Ippolito
John Savage
Billy Jackson
William Lee Scott
Hank Jackson
Louis Crugnali
L.J. Ippolito
David Hart
Sheriff
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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.
Release Date
1997-11-02
Average
5.2
Rating:
2.6 startsTagline
In a world of abuse and violence, one person gave her hope
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