Before Women Had Wings

Before Women Had Wings (1997)

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

  • Genre: Drama, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 1997-11-02
  • User Rating: 5.2/10 from 5 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Harpo Films
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Lloyd Kramer
star 5.2/10
From 5 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Ellen Barkin

    as Glory Marie Jackson

  • Tina Majorino

    as Avocet Abigail 'Bird' Jackson

  • Oprah Winfrey

    as Zora Williams

  • Julia Stiles

    as Phoebe Jackson

  • Burt Young

    as Louis Ippolito

  • John Savage

    as Billy Jackson

  • William Lee Scott

    as Hank Jackson

  • Louis Crugnali

    as L.J. Ippolito

  • David Hart

    as Sheriff
Directing Lloyd Kramer Director
Writing Lloyd Kramer Screenplay
Writing Connie May Fowler Writer
Writing Connie May Fowler Novel
Production Jay Benson Producer
Production Kate Forte Executive Producer
Production Oprah Winfrey Producer
Sound Anton Sanko Music
Camera Ericson Core Director of Photography
Editing Stephen Semel Editor
Art Joe Rainey Production Design
Art Kenneth Bryant Art Direction
Art Kurt Meisenbach Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Catherine Adair Costume Design
Crew Nancy Thurston Stunts
Crew Kurtis Epper Stunts

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