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Before Women Had Wings 1997

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.

Directed by: Lloyd Kramer
Written by: Lloyd Kramer & Connie May Fowler
Release date: 1997-11-02
Runtime: 96 minutes
Tagline: In a world of abuse and violence, one person gave her hope
Cast:
Ellen Barkin Ellen Barkin
Glory Marie Jackson 
Tina Majorino Tina Majorino
Avocet Abigail 'Bird' Jackson 
Oprah Winfrey Oprah Winfrey
Zora Williams 
Julia Stiles Julia Stiles
Phoebe Jackson 
Burt Young Burt Young
Louis Ippolito 
John Savage John Savage
Billy Jackson 
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Also known as:
  • Om kvinnor hade vingar