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Before Women Had Wings

"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.

Top 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

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.

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