Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1996)Stream and Watch Online

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Released January 26th, 1996, 'Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored' stars Al Freeman Jr., Phylicia Rashād, Paula Kelly, Salli Richardson-Whitfield The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 55 min, and received a user score of 42 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 4 well-known users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "This film relates the story of a tightly connected Afro-American community informally called Colored Town where the inhabitants live and depend on each other in a world where racist oppression is everywhere, as told by a boy called Cliff who spent his childhood there. Despite this, we see the life of the community in all its joys and sorrows, of those that live there while others decide to leave for a better life north. For those remaining, things come to a serious situation when one prominent businessman is being muscled out by a white competitor using racist intimidation. In response, the community must make the decision of whether to submit meekly like they always have, or finally fight for their rights." .