Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Year:
Duration:
100 min
Genres:
Drama
IMDB rate:
7.1
Director:
Lynne Littman
Awards:
2 wins & 8 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1999-04-18
Filming Locations: Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Diahann Carroll
Sadie Delany
Ruby Dee
Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
Lisa Arrindell Anderson
Sadie in her 20s
Audra McDonald
Bessie in her 20s
Mykelti Williamson
Papa Delany
Lonette McKee
Mama Delany
Richard Roundtree
Booker T. Washington
Della Reese
Martha Logan
Cameron Arnett
Lemuel
Nate Bynum
Thomas Clark
Lucious
Sharlease Collier
Church goer
Brandon Crawford
Bag Boy
Cordereau Dye
Hubert Thomas Delany
Annie Joe Edwards
New tenant
Carter Gaston
Manross Delaney
Micki Grant
Actress playing Sadie on Broadway
Kiara Harris
Sadie, age 7
April Jones
Harriet
Rebecca Koon
Miss Moseley
Patty Mack
Mildred
Lizan Mitchell
Actress playing Bessie on Broadway
Terry Nienhuis
Mr. Milliam
Haleigh Porter
Bessie, age 5
Clifton Powell
Frazier Johnson
Alison Robertson
Teacher
Bumper Robinson
Frank
Christopher Simmons
Bobby Tyson
Hap
Alex Van
Drunk White Man
Camille O. Cosby
Broadway show audience member (uncredited)
Tasha Holland
Church Goer (uncredited)
Tiffany LeShai McMinn
Student (uncredited)
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Trivia
While this movie is based on the first book the Delany sisters did together, certain parts of it - Sadie tricking her way into teaching at a school, and the sisters seeing themselves on Broadway - weren't revealed until Sadie published her own book "On My Own at 107" four years later.
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The original Broadway production of "Having Our Say" by Emily Mann opened at the Booth Theater in New York on April 6, 1995, ran for 317 performances and was nominated for the 1995 Tony Award for the Best Play. Emily Mann also wrote the teleplay for this filmed production.
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Diahann Carroll, who plays Sadie Delany the elder sister is actually nine years younger than 'Ruby Dee', who plays Bessie Delany, the younger sister.
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Quotes
Bessie in her 20s: I know what kind of professor he is, I've seen his kind before.
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Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany: Young man, if the phone company gave us a phone for free and sent somebody to stand over that phone and answer that phone for us...
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Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany: Sadie, the family's trying to get us a phone again.
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Photos from cast
Amy Madigan
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