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.
Director:
Lloyd Kramer
Writer:
Lloyd Kramer
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Ellen Barkin as Glory Marie Jackson |
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Tina Majorino as Avocet Abigail 'Bird' Jackson |
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Oprah Winfrey as Zora Williams |
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Julia Stiles as Phoebe Jackson |
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Burt Young as Louis Ippolito |
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John Savage as Billy Jackson |
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William Lee Scott as Hank Jackson |
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Louis Crugnali as L.J. Ippolito |
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David Hart as Sheriff |
| Directing | Lloyd Kramer | Director |
| Writing | Lloyd Kramer | Screenplay |
| Writing | Connie May Fowler | Novel |
| Camera | Ericson Core | Director of Photography |
| Art | Kurt Meisenbach | Set Decoration |
| Art | Joe Rainey | Production Design |
| Art | Kenneth Bryant | Art Direction |
| Production | Oprah Winfrey | Producer |
| Writing | Connie May Fowler | Writer |
| Production | Kate Forte | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Stephen Semel | Editor |
| Production | Jay Benson | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Catherine Adair | Costume Design |
| Crew | Nancy Thurston | Stunts |
| Crew | Kurtis Epper | Stunts |
| Sound | Anton Sanko | Original Music Composer |
