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Release. November 2, 1997. ( 1997-11-02) 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
- Anton Sanko
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 (Ellen Barkin) abuse.
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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 devastating aftermath.
- Lloyd Kramer
- Oprah Winfrey
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.
Nov 2, 1997 · Overview. 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. Lloyd Kramer. Director, Screenplay. Connie May Fowler. Novel, Writer. Reviews. 0.
Keywords. alcoholism, child-abuse, suicide, abuse, dysfunctional. Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for Oprah Winfrey Presents 'Before Women Had Wings' (1997) - Lloyd Kramer on AllMovie - Connie May Fowler adapted her own novel for this….
Tina Majorino Cast. Julia Stiles Cast. Connie May Fowler Screenplay. Critics reviews. A black woman helps a white girl cope with her father’s suicide and escape her alcoholic mother’s abuse.
