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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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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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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 (1997) - Turner Classic Movies. 1997. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Notes. Brief Synopsis. Read More. Television movie based on Connie May Fowler's book of the same name.
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.
