Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored (1996)

Audience Score
53
Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored
This film relates the story of a tightly connected AfroAmerican community informally called Colored Town where the inhabitants live and depend on each other in a world where racist oppression is everywhere as told by a boy called Cliff who spent his childhood there Despite this we see the life of the community in all its joys and sorrows of those that live there while others decide to leave for a better life north For those remaining things come to a serious situation when one prominent businessman is being muscled out by a white competitor using racist intimidation In response the community must make the decision of whether to submit meekly like they always have or finally fight for their rights

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 26th, 1996
On DVD & Blu-ray:January 12th, 1999 - Buy DVD
Original Language:English
Production Companies:BET Pictures United Image Entertainme