The Women of Brewster Place

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drama television series television miniseries

The Women of Brewster Place is a 1989 television miniseries adaptation of Gloria Naylor’s novel, depicting the interconnected struggles and resilience of Black women living in a rundown urban housing project.

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The Women of Brewster Place canonical 5
The Women of Brewster Place (1989 television score) 1
The Women of Brewster Place (miniseries) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf drama television series ⓘ
television miniseries ⓘ
adaptationOf The Women of Brewster Place self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Women of Brewster Place (novel)
authorOfSourceWork Gloria Naylor ⓘ
basedOn The Women of Brewster Place self-link ⓘ
broadcastFormat two-part miniseries ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depicts domestic violence ⓘ
economic hardship ⓘ
homophobia ⓘ
interconnected stories of women neighbors ⓘ
single motherhood ⓘ
featuresCharacterType Black women ⓘ
format miniseries ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
television drama ⓘ
hasAdaptationSourceType novel ⓘ
hasProtagonist Cora Lee ⓘ
Etta Mae Johnson ⓘ
Kiswana Browne ⓘ
Lorraine ⓘ
Mattie Michael ⓘ
Theresa ⓘ
mainTheme community resilience ⓘ
lives of Black women in an urban housing project ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
racism ⓘ
sexism ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
notableFor representation of Black women on American television ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 2 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork ABC ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1989 ⓘ
periodOfSetting late 20th century ⓘ
portrays solidarity among women ⓘ
producer Oprah Winfrey ⓘ
productionCompany Harpo Studios ⓘ
surface form: Harpo Productions
runtimePerEpisodeApprox 90 minutes ⓘ
setting rundown urban housing project ⓘ
stars Cicely Tyson ⓘ
Jackée Harry ⓘ
Lynn Whitfield ⓘ
Moses Gunn ⓘ
Olivia Cole ⓘ
Oprah Winfrey ⓘ
Paul Winfield ⓘ
Robin Givens ⓘ
targetAudience adult viewers ⓘ

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Olivia Cole → notableWork → The Women of Brewster Place ⓘ
Olivia Cole → notableWork → The Women of Brewster Place ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Women of Brewster Place (miniseries)
David Shire → notableWork → The Women of Brewster Place ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Women of Brewster Place (1989 television score)
Robert Allan Ackerman → notableWork → The Women of Brewster Place ⓘ
The Women of Brewster Place → basedOn → The Women of Brewster Place self-link ⓘ
The Women of Brewster Place → adaptationOf → The Women of Brewster Place self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Women of Brewster Place (novel)
William Allen Young → participatedIn → The Women of Brewster Place ⓘ
Robin Givens → notableWork → The Women of Brewster Place ⓘ