The Women of Brewster Place (1989)

Director: Donna Deitch

A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.

Cast

Oprah Winfrey

Mattie Michael

Mary Alice

Fannie Michael

Olivia Cole

Miss Sophie

Robin Givens

Kiswana / Melanie Browne

Moses Gunn

Ben

Paula Kelly

Theresa

Lonette McKee

Lorraine

Barbara Montgomery

Miss Eva Turner

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

Cora Lee

Leon

Abshu