Before Women Had Wings

Lloyd Kramer
1997-11-02

In a world of abuse and violence, one person gave her hope
5.2
96 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Ellen Barkin Glory Marie Jackson Unowned
Tina Majorino Avocet Abigail 'Bird' Jackson Unowned
Oprah Winfrey Zora Williams Calvin and Nobbs
Julia Stiles Phoebe Jackson Unowned
Burt Young Louis Ippolito Unowned
John Savage Billy Jackson Unowned
William Lee Scott Hank Jackson Unowned
Louis Crugnali L.J. Ippolito Unowned
David Hart Sheriff Unowned