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Apr 18, 1999 · Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years: Directed by Lynne Littman. With Diahann Carroll, Ruby Dee, Amy Madigan, Lisa Arrindell. Tells the story of Sadie and Bessie Delany, two African-American (they preferred "colored") sisters who both lived past the age of 100.
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- Drama
- Lynne Littman
- 1999-04-18
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years is a 1999 American made-for-television drama film directed by Lynne Littman. The film is an adaptation of the 1993 biography Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years written by Sarah Louise Delany (nicknamed "Sadie"), Annie Elizabeth Delany, and journalist Amy Hill Hearth.
When a reporter (Madigan) comes to interview the two ladies, Sadie and ...more. Featuring an all-star cast, including Academy Award nominee Diahann Carroll, Ruby Dee and Amy Madigan, Having Our...
Two pioneering African American sisters, Bessie (Ruby Dee), 101 years old, and Sadie (Diahann Carroll), 103 years old, recount the ups and downs of their lives to New York Times journalist Amy ...
- Lynne Littman
- TV-PG
- Diahann Carroll
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years is a 1993 New York Times bestselling book that was compiled by Amy Hill Hearth and contains the oral history of Sarah "Sadie" L. Delany and A. Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany, two civil rights pioneers who were born in the late 19th century to a former slave. Their stories were largely unknown until ...
- Sarah Louise Delany, Annie Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth
- 1994
Apr 18, 1999 · 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.
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Two sisters, both over 100 years old, recall their lives and how they overcame the racist conventions of their youth, and how their family handled the times with dignity and wisdom. 404 IMDb 7.6 1 h 33 min 1999. X-Ray 18+. Drama · Inspiring.
