Based on the best-selling book by Sarah L. Delany and A. Elizabeth Delany with Amy Hill Hearth, which was later adapted into a Broadway play, Having Our Say tells the true story of the Delany Sisters, two African-American women who were fathered by a former slave, went on to attend college, and witnessed the slow but steady advance of civil rights in America before a reporter for The New York Times sat down with them to record their story. In the film version, 103-year-old Sadie (Diahann Carroll) is a polite and soft-spoken woman who deals cheerfully with the questions of journalist Amy Hill Hearth (Amy Madigan). Sadie’s considerably more feisty 101-year-old sister (and housemate) Bessie (Ruby Dee) grumbles about “white people who ask you to explain the obvious to them,” but soon adds her own stories as the Delanys discuss their quietly remarkable lives as career women and racial pioneers who not only survived Jim Crow laws, they outlived Jim Crow, as well. Produced for CBS Television, Having Our Say was first aired April 18, 1999. Incidentally, Bessie Delany died in 1995 at age 104, while Sadie, at 110, passed on in 1999, only a few months before this was first aired., Diahann Carroll and Ruby Dee give sterling performances as the Delanys, gentle Sadie and outspoken Bessie, centenarian sisters who tell their life stories to a journalist (Amy Madigan). Bessie in Her 20s: Audra McDonald. Sadie in Her 20s: Lisa Arrindell Anderson.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Having Our Say: Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years ” ?
A: The main cast includes Diahann Carroll,Ruby Dee,Amy Madigan,Lisa Arrindell Anderson,Audra McDonald,Richard Roundtree,Della Reese,Mykelti Williamson,Lonette McKee,Clifton Powell,Bumper Robinson,Micki Grant,Lizan Mitchell,Kiara Harris,Haleigh Porter,Terry Nienhuis,Cameron Arnett,Bobby Tyson,Carter Gaston,Rita Riggs,Preston Fischer,Brent White,Shay Griffin,Albert Edmund Lord III,Judith James,Frank Byers,Jeffrey S. Grant,Camille O. Cosby.
Q: When Did the “Having Our Say: Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years” Released?
A: The Movie “Having Our Say: Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years” originally aired on 1999-04-18 and released in the year of 1999.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Having Our Say: Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “Having Our Say: Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years” ?
A: “Having Our Say: Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
