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Technical details

APPROPIATE

1999 / 100min.

Rating7.3

Genres

History

Drama

TV Movie

Synopsis

Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100. They grew up on a North Carolina college campus, the daughters of the first African-American Episcopal bishop, who was born a slave, and a woman with an inter-racial background. With the support of each other and their family, they survived encounters with racism and sexism in their own different ways. Sadie quietly and sweetly broke barriers to become the first African-American home-ec teacher in New York City, while Bessie, with her own brand of outspokenness, became the second African-American dentist in New York City. At the ages of 103 and 101, they told their story to Amy Hill Hearth, a white New York Times reporter who published an article about them. The overwhelming response launched a bestselling book, a Broadway play, and this film.

Directors

Lynne Littman

Actors

Amy Madigan

Mykelti Williamson

Richard Roundtree

Bumper Robinson

Della Reese

Audra McDonald

Diahann Carroll

Ruby Dee

Clifton Powell

Lonette McKee

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