Events › Film Screening: The Women of Brewster Place (1989)

Oprah Winfrey is triumphant in Gloria Naylor's portrait of ghetto life in the 1960s. Etta Mae: Jackee. Ciel: Lynn Whitfield. Kiswana: Robin Givens. Mrs. Browne: Cicely Tyson. Sam: Paul Winfield. Cora Lee: Phyllis Yvonne Stickney. Fannie: Mary Alice. Miss Sophie: Olivia Cole. Miss Eva: Barbara Montgomery. Ben: Moses Gunn. Directed by Donna Dietch.

©Lions Gate Films, Inc. -200 minutes- TV- PG

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Accessibility
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing will be available for this screening.