Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

PG 1996 · 115 min · ★ 4.2 · Romance, Drama

A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation.

Directed by Tim Reid · Written by Paul W. Cooper

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