| Before Women Had Wings | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | Before Women Had Wings by Connie May Fowler |
| Written by | Connie May Fowler |
| Directed by | Lloyd Kramer |
| Presented by | Oprah Winfrey |
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| Music by | Anton Sanko |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
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| Executive producer | Kate Forte |
| Producer | Jay Benson |
| Cinematography | Ericson Core |
| Editor | Stephen Semel |
| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Production company | Harpo Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | November 2, 1997 |
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Before Women Had Wings is a 1997 American drama television film directed by Lloyd Kramer and written by Connie May Fowler, based on her 1996 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. It stars Ellen Barkin, Oprah Winfrey, Tina Majorino, Julia Stiles, Burt Young, and John Savage. In the film, set in 1960s Tampa, Florida, a woman whose abusive husband had committed suicide begins violently abusing her two daughters. It is only then that a kindly woman becomes good friends with her youngest daughter and helps the daughter escape her tortured life.
The film was shot in Ojai, California. It was produced by Winfrey's Harpo Films for ABC as the first entry of the "Oprah Winfrey Presents" series, and is the only film in the series in which Winfrey stars. It premiered on ABC on November 2, 1997. Barkin won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Satellite Award for her performance.