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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.
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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.
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- Lloyd Kramer
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- Oprah Winfrey, Ellen Barkin, Tina Majorino
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.
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Before Women Had Wings. A black woman (Oprah Winfrey) helps a white girl (Tina Majorino) cope with her father's suicide and escape her alcoholic mother's...
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- Lloyd Kramer
- TV14
- Oprah Winfrey
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 devastating aftermath. Set in the South during the 1960s.
Apr 22, 1997 · Told through the eyes of 9-year-old Bird Jackson, BEFORE WOMEN HAD WINGS is a poignant tale of resilience and triumph in the face of abuse and poverty. When you read it, you are somewhat glad that it's fiction because you hate to think that a child could be treated so awfully.
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What is Women with Wings?
Grown-up son Hank has moved away, but teenaged Phoebe and sensitive nine-year-old Bird have to live in the bleak alcoholic atmosphere. Problems escalate after a tragic event. The three females move into a trailer where the girls are subjected to a torrent of abuse from their mom.
