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Cast

Ellen Barkin

Ellen Barkin

Glory Marie Jackson

Tina Majorino

Tina Majorino

Avocet Abigail 'Bird' Jackson

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

Zora Williams

Julia Stiles

Julia Stiles

Phoebe Jackson

Burt Young

Burt Young

Louis Ippolito

John Savage

John Savage

Billy Jackson

William Lee Scott

William Lee Scott

Hank Jackson

Louis Crugnali

Louis Crugnali

L.J. Ippolito

David Hart

David Hart

Sheriff

Crew

Lloyd Kramer

Lloyd Kramer

Director

Lloyd Kramer

Lloyd Kramer

Screenplay

Anton Sanko

Anton Sanko

Music

Connie May Fowler

Connie May Fowler

Novel

Ericson Core

Ericson Core

Director of Photography

Kurt Meisenbach

Kurt Meisenbach

Set Decoration

Joe Rainey

Joe Rainey

Production Design

Kenneth Bryant

Kenneth Bryant

Art Direction

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

Producer

Connie May Fowler

Connie May Fowler

Writer

Kate Forte

Kate Forte

Executive Producer

Stephen Semel

Stephen Semel

Editor

Jay Benson

Jay Benson

Producer

Catherine Adair

Catherine Adair

Costume Design

Nancy Thurston

Nancy Thurston

Stunts

Kurtis Epper

Kurtis Epper

Stunts

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Before Women Had Wings

19976.0 / 1096 min
Drama, TV Movie

Overview

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.