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Before Women Had Wings is a 1997 American drama television film directed by Lloyd Kramer and written by Connie May Fowler, based on her 1996 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. It stars Ellen Barkin, Oprah Winfrey, Tina Majorino, Julia Stiles, Burt Young, and John Savage.
Before Women Had Wings: Directed by Lloyd Kramer. With Oprah Winfrey, Ellen Barkin, Tina Majorino, Julia Stiles. A black woman helps a white girl cope with her father's suicide and escape her alcoholic mother's abuse.
A black woman (Oprah Winfrey) helps a white girl (Tina Majorino) cope with her father's suicide and escape her alcoholic mother's (Ellen Barkin) abuse.
- Drama
May 7, 1996 · Fowler captures the voice of a young girl, masterfully, looking at the world through her eyes we explore it as a child would, see it as a child would and ask questions that a child would ask when living in a grown up world. Before Women Had Wings is both heart breaking and restoring.
Television movie based on Connie May Fowler's book of the same name. Miss Zora, a kind-hearted black woman with a sad past, offers comfort and a safe haven to Bird Jackson, a sensitive young girl who is coping with the cycle of alcoholism and abuse that began with her father's suicide and its...
A black woman helps a white girl cope with her father's suicide and escape her alcoholic mother's abuse. Alcoholic Billy reflects on his country-music career that never happened and beats his wife Glory Marie, also a drunk.
Before Women Had Wings is a 1997 American drama television film directed by Lloyd Kramer and written by Connie May Fowler, based on her 1996 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. It stars Ellen Barkin, Oprah Winfrey, Tina Majorino, Julia Stiles, Burt Young, and John Savage.
