Before Women Had Wings (1997)
In a world of abuse and violence, one person gave her hope
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.
- Date of release
- 1997-11-02
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Lloyd Kramer
Casting
- 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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