Before Women Had Wings (1997)

Name: Before Women Had Wings
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 1997-11-02
Duration: 96 min
Cast: Ellen Barkin, Tina Majorino, Oprah Winfrey, Julia Stiles, Burt Young

In a world of abuse and violence, one person gave her hope

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.

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Released 1997-11-02 · 96 min · Drama

Directed by Lloyd Kramer

Cast

Ellen Barkin as Glory Marie Jackson
Tina Majorino as Avocet Abigail 'Bird' Jackson
Oprah Winfrey as Zora Williams
Julia Stiles as Phoebe Jackson
Burt Young as Louis Ippolito
John Savage as Billy Jackson
William Lee Scott as Hank Jackson
Louis Crugnali as L.J. Ippolito
David Hart as Sheriff