Watch NowShow more Once Upon a Time... When We Were ColoredPlay Trailer Summary: A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation.Release Date: January 26, 1996Genres: Drama, RomanceDirector: Tim Reid Tim ReidDirector Asian Male Filmography Wikipedia Writers: Clifton L. Taulbert Clifton L. TaulbertWriter White Male Filmography Wikipedia , Paul W. Cooper Paul W. CooperWriter White Male Filmography Wikipedia Runtime: 1 h 55 minMPAA: PG Production: BET Pictures, United Image EntertainmentCountry: United StatesLanguage: EnglishDomestic: $ 2,291,255 Box office:Domestic:$2.3MWorldwide:$2.3MAdaptation/remake:based on book 16% The Rotten Tomatoes audience rated this 16% higher than the critics.69%85%No Metacritic ratings imported yet. 39%82% 39% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.82% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."Black76.47%White17.65%Latino5.88% 3.50 Possibly woke elements:racial segregation,prejudice,race relations,discrimination,segregation,social injustice,racism,civil rights,injusticeDoveLanguage2/5Violence1/5This film gets a 3.50/5 family friendly score Please help improve our site and add a Family Friendly Rating.CONTENT BREAKDOWNMethodology RottenTomatoes:69%85%IMDb:Moviemeter:Methodology Add CommentWrite a ReviewSubmit Review LinkEdit Family Friendly Rating Cast Stars: Al Freeman Jr.Star Black Male Filmography Wikipedia Phylicia RashadStar Black Female Filmography Wikipedia LeonStar Black Male Filmography Wikipedia Supporting cast: Paula KellySupporting Black Female Filmography Wikipedia Salli Richardson-WhitfieldSupporting Latino Female Filmography Wikipedia Anna Maria HorsfordSupporting Black Female Filmography Wikipedia Bernie CaseySupporting Black Male Filmography Wikipedia Isaac HayesSupporting Black Male Filmography Wikipedia Ray JSupporting Black Male Filmography Wikipedia Polly BergenSupporting White Female Filmography Wikipedia Taj MahalSupporting Indian Male Filmography Wikipedia LeonSupporting Black Male Filmography Wikipedia Karen Malina WhiteSupporting Black Female Filmography Wikipedia Damon HinesSupporting Black Male Filmography Wikipedia Iona MorrisSupporting Black Female Filmography Wikipedia Phill LewisSupporting Black Male Filmography Wikipedia Richard RoundtreeSupporting Black Male Filmography Wikipedia Braxton Brown IIISupporting White Male Filmography Wikipedia Frank Hoyt TaylorSupporting White Male Filmography Wikipedia Other Cast, Production Other cast: Montrel JohnsonExtra Black Male Filmography Wikipedia Deionyos LlerenaExtra Latino Male Filmography Wikipedia Edward AllenExtra White Male Filmography Wikipedia Don TilleyExtra White Male Filmography Wikipedia George HasenstaabExtra White Male Filmography Wikipedia Deji LaRayExtra Black Male Filmography Wikipedia Angelo PopeExtra White Male Filmography Wikipedia Brandon CrawfordExtra Black Male Filmography Wikipedia Daphne ReidExtra Asian Female Filmography Wikipedia Ralph WilcoxExtra Black Male Filmography Wikipedia Beatrice BushExtra White Female Filmography Wikipedia David MacIntyreExtra White Male Filmography Wikipedia Tyhm KennedyExtra White Male Filmography Wikipedia Darren BeattyExtra White Male Filmography Wikipedia David S. LomaxExtra Black Male Filmography Wikipedia Carter GastonExtra Black Male Filmography Wikipedia Stan KellyExtra White Male Filmography Wikipedia Ashanti Nailah BlaizeExtra Indian Female Filmography Wikipedia Mark BrittExtra White Male Filmography Wikipedia Rick WarnerExtra White Male Filmography Wikipedia Darren LawExtra Asian Male Filmography Wikipedia David LenthallExtra White Male Filmography Wikipedia Ken Sprunt Jr.Extra Male Filmography Wikipedia Sherita StarksExtra White Female Filmography Wikipedia Crystal FoxExtra Black Female Filmography Wikipedia Joe InscoeExtra White Male Filmography Wikipedia Nate BynumExtra Black Male Filmography Wikipedia Wayne DehartExtra White Male Filmography Wikipedia Schree Tina LewisExtra White Female Filmography Wikipedia Bobby GrahamExtra White Male Filmography Wikipedia Jay EllisExtra Black Male Filmography Wikipedia Tom EubanksExtra White Male Filmography Wikipedia Neil RossExtra White Male Filmography Wikipedia Ben EppsExtra Black Male Filmography Wikipedia Tyrone HicksExtra Black Male Filmography Wikipedia Charles Earl Taylor Jr.Extra White Male Filmography Wikipedia Winston HemingwayExtra White Male Filmography Wikipedia Sean BridgersExtra White Male Filmography Wikipedia Production: Tim ReidProducer Asian Male Filmography Wikipedia Clifton L. TaulbertProducer White Male Filmography Wikipedia Paul W. 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