Film
Before Women Had Wings
1997 · 1h 36m · Drama · TV Movie
In a world of abuse and violence, one person gave her hope
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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.
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
Crew
- Lloyd KramerDirector · Screenplay
- Connie May FowlerWriter · Novel
- Jay BensonProducer
- Oprah WinfreyProducer
- Kate ForteExecutive Producer
- Ericson CoreDirector of Photography
- Anton SankoOriginal Music Composer
- Stephen SemelEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- November 2, 1997
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
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