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Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored

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PG,1hr 52min

Genre:

Drama

Release:

1996

Director:

Tim Reid

Distributor:

Republic Pictures

Starring:

Polly Bergen, Bernie Casey, Al Freeman, Jr. ...more

Synopsis: 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 ... Full Synopsis

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	Derek Armstrong, AMG Review Unfailingly earnest, Tim Reid's Once Upon a Time . . . When We Were Colored can't help but be a bit square in its execution. This doesn't mean it isn't worth watching -- just that a viewer should not expect a quick pace, nor a particularly satisfying story arc. A former actor, Reid shows his heavy hand in every scene, while Phill Lewis' overly academic narration (scripted by Paul W. Cooper) breaks ... Full Review

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