The Women of Brewster Place

Based on Gloria Naylor's novel, THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE is the rare made-for-TV feature that provides numerous deeply drawn and affecting characters and entertains. Aided immeasurably by star turns from Oprah, Cicely Tyson, and, of course, Jackee, director Donna Deitch's intensely moving film is nothing less than a resounding success. Following the lives of seven women who live in a bleak tenement and struggle to rise above their surroundings, THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE succeeds both as an important reminder of the difficulties of being black and poor in America, and as a heartfelt and entertaining story about human determination in the face of adversity.

Director: Donna Deitch
Producer: Patricia K. Meyer
Producer: Reuben Cannon
Actor: Jackée
Actor: Oprah Winfrey
Actor: Lonette McKee
Actor: Robin Givens
Actor: Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
Actor: Cicely Tyson
Actor: Jack Kelly
Actor: Leon
Actor: Phyllis Stickney
Actor: Sam Williams
Actor: Shari Belafonte
Actor: Vanessa Bell
Actor: Paula Kelly
Actor: Lynn Whitfield
Actor: Olivia Cole
Actor: Mary Alice
Actor: Paul Winfield
Actor: Moses Gunn
Actor: Barbara Montgomery
Actor: Douglas Turner Ward
Actor: Clark Johnson
Actor: Eugene Lee
Actor: Leon Robinson
Actor: William Allen Young
Actor: William Frankfather
Actor: Bebe Drake-Massey
Actor: Glenn Plummer
Actor: Veronica Redd
Actor: Roxanne Reese
Actor: Bruce Beatty
Actor: Jonathan Leonard
Actor: Vivian Bonnell
Actor: Molly McClure
Actor: Vanessa Bell Armstrong
Actor: Adrian Ricard
Actor: Ray Oliver
Actor: Edwina Moore
Actor: Homeselle Joy
Actor: Montrose Hagins