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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   130 votes
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Director:
Lynne Littman
Writers (WGA):
Sarah L. Delany (book) and
A. Elizabeth Delany (book) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
18 April 1999 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
A jewel of a film!!!!! more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Diahann Carroll ... Sadie Delany
Ruby Dee ... Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany

Amy Madigan ... Amy Hill Hearth
Lisa Arrindell Anderson ... Sadie in her 20s
Audra McDonald ... Bessie in her 20s

Mykelti Williamson ... Papa Delany
Lonette McKee ... Mama Delany

Richard Roundtree ... Booker T. Washington

Della Reese ... Martha Logan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cameron Arnett ... Lemuel

Nate Bynum
Brandon Crawford ... Bag Boy
Annie Joe Edwards ... New tenant
Carter Gaston ... Manross Delaney
Micki Grant ... Actress playing Sadie on Broadway

Kiara Harris ... Sadie, age 7
April Jones ... Harriet
Rebecca Koon ... Miss Moseley
Patty Mack ... Mildred
Lizan Mitchell ... Actress playing Bessie on Broadway
Terry Nienhuis ... Mr. Milliam
Haleigh Porter ... Bessie, age 5
Clifton Powell

Alison Robertson ... Teacher
Bumper Robinson ... Frank
Christopher Simmons
Bobby Tyson ... Hap

Alex Van ... Drunk White Man
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Having Our Say (USA) (short title)
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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The original Broadway production of "Having Our Say" by Emily Mann opened at the Booth Theater in New York on April 6, 1995, ran for 317 performances and was nominated for the 1995 Tony Award for the Best Play. Emily Mann also wrote the teleplay for this filmed production. more
Quotes:
Amy Hill Hearth: Which would you say is harder, being a woman, or...
Sadie Delany, Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany: Being colored.
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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
A jewel of a film!!!!!, 6 August 1999
Author: Yolanda Darnell from USA

This is one of the best films that I have ever seen!!!! I give it more than a ten!!!!!! This film was very factual and gave the world a big slice of African-American life!!! All the performers, producers(especially Camille O. Cosby, Jeffrey S. Grant and Judith James) and all the others involved, did a great job!!!!

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