Directed by:
Donna DeitchScreenplay:
Karen HallCinematography:
Alexander GruszynskiComposer:
David ShireCast:
Oprah Winfrey, Mary Alice, Olivia Cole, Robin Givens, Moses Gunn, Jackée Harry, Paula Kelly, Leon, Lonette McKee, Lynn Whitfield, Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson, Clark Johnson, Glenn Plummer (more)Plots(1)
A group of strong-willed women live in the same rundown housing project and struggle against racism, poverty and troublesome men through three decades. Based on the novel by Gloria Naylor. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Oprah Winfrey
USA
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation)
The Color Purple (1985)
Tina Turner: Celebrate Live 1999 (1999) (concert)
Mary Alice
USA
Best movies:
Awakenings (1990)
A Perfect World (1993)
Beat Street (1984)
Olivia Cole
USA
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
Coming Home (1978)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series) - a.f.
Robin Givens
USA
Best movies:
The Wiz (1978)
God's Not Dead 2 (2016)
KIMI (2022)
Moses Gunn
USA
Best movies:
The NeverEnding Story (1984)
Roots (1977) (series)
Ragtime (1981)
Jackée Harry
USA
Best movies:
Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
Cotton Club (1984)
Street Style (2004)
Paula Kelly
USA
Best movies:
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
Leon
USA
Best movies:
Madonna: Celebration: The Video Collection (2009) (video compilation)
The Temptations (1998) (TV movie)
Cool Runnings (1993)
Lonette McKee
USA
Best movies:
'Round Midnight (1986)
He Got Game (1998)
Jungle Fever (1991)
Lynn Whitfield
USA
Best movies:
Silverado (1985)
The Color of Courage (1999) (TV movie)
Stepmom (1998)
Paul Winfield
USA
Best movies:
The Terminator (1984)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
The Blue and the Gray (1982) (series)
Cicely Tyson
USA
Best movies:
The Help (2011)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
Roots (1977) (series)
Clark Johnson
USA
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Brawl in Cell Block 99 (2017)
Hyena Road (2015)
Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
Glenn Plummer
USA
Best movies:
The Corner (2000) (series)
Gifted (2017)
Speed (1994)
Samm-Art Williams
USA
Best movies:
Blood Simple (1984)
The Wanderers (1979)
Dressed to Kill (1980)
Phill Lewis
Uganda
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Heathers (1988)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Wish I Was Here (2014)
Larenz Tate
USA
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Crash (2004)
Ray (2004)
Menace II Society (1993)
Shari Belafonte
USA
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The Player (1992)
Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998) (TV movie)
The Midnight Hour (1985) (TV movie)
Geoffrey Thorne
USA
Best movies:
City of Angels (1998)
Colors (1988)
He's My Girl (1987)
Bebe Drake
Best movies:
Innocent Victims (1996) (TV movie)
First Monday in October (1981)
Wild Hogs (2007)