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Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored   1996         PG, 111 min. Genre: Drama / Romance Director: Tim Reid   Cast: Al Freeman Jr., Phylicia Rashad, Leon, Richard Roundtree, Polly Bergen, Paula Kelly, Bernie Casey, Isaac Hayes, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Anna Maria Horsford, Willis Norwood Jr., Karen Malina White, Damon Hines, Iona Morris, Taj Mahal   Based on Clifton L. Taulbert's book, this is the inspiring story of young Clifton who is born to an unmarried sharecropper and sent to live with his grandpa (Al Freeman Jr.) and then to his loving aunt (Phylicia Rashad). Cliff grows up in Mississippi amidst the Jim Crow laws aimed at keeping him segregated and unable to achieve success in the mid-20th-century American South. Cast Al Freeman Jr. Poppa Phylicia Rashad Ma Ponk Leon Uncle Melvin Richard Roundtree Cleve Polly Bergen Miss Maybry Paula Kelly Ma Pearl Bernie Casey Mr. Walter Isaac Hayes Preacher Hurn Salli Richardson-Whitfield Miss Alice Anna Maria Horsford Miss Annie Willis Norwood Jr. Cliff at 12 yrs. old Karen Malina White Mary Damon Hines Cliff at 16 yrs. old Iona Morris Nila Fontaine Taj Mahal Mr. Will