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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, by Connie May Fowler
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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 · Connie May Fowler expertly explores themes of growing up, poverty, abuse, abandonment and grief. The graphic descriptions of abuse, both physical and verbal, turned my stomach, but rather than being voyeuristic, the pain enhanced the feeling of hope.
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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
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- Oprah Winfrey
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...
- Lloyd Kramer
- Oprah Winfrey
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Before Women Had Wings. Oprah Winfrey (Actor, Producer), Ellen Barkin (Actor), Lloyd Kramer (Director) Format: DVD. 3.6 44 ratings. IMDb 6.5/10.0. $3838. DVD.
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A TV movie about a black woman who helps two white girls escape their abusive alcoholic mother. The title refers to the girls' desire to fly away from their troubled home.
