The women of Brewster Place

Author

Donna Deitch

Call Number

• DVD DRAMA (EAS, WSQ)

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Oprah Winfrey, Robin Givens, Jackée, Lynn Whitfield, Paula Kelly, Lonette McKee, Olivia Cole, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Moses Gunn, William Allen Young, Leon, Douglas Turner Ward, Glenn Plummer, Barbara Montgomery, Eugene Lee, Paul Winfield, Mary Alice, Cicely Tyson.

Publication Information

Santa Monica, CA : Lions Gate Entertainment, [2017]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 182 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

A group of strong-willed women live in the rundown housing project of Brewster Place--a street overflowing with tales of courage and anguish.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on the novel by Gloria Naylor.

Originally broadcast on ABC as a television mini-series in 1989.