https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed9EmS_pgpQ
Director: Donna Deitch
Writer(s): Karen Hall, Gloria Naylor
Starring: Oprah Winfrey, Mary Alice, Olivia Cole, Robin Givens, Moses Gunn, Jackée Harry, Paula Kelly, Leon, Lonette McKee, Barbara Montgomery, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Lynn Whitfield, Paul Winfield, William Allen Young, Cicely Tyson, Bruce Beatty, Vivian Bonnell, William Frankfather, Montrose Hagins, Jinaki, Clark Johnson, Homeselle Joy, Eugene Lee, Bebe Drake, Molly McClure, Glenn Plummer, Veronica Redd, Roxanne Reese, Adrian Ricard, Ta-Tanisha, Douglas Turner Ward, Charles Weldon, Samm-Art Williams, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Jonathan ‘Fudge’ Leonard, Maya Leonard, Phill Lewis, Ray Oliver, Eddie Palmer, Bee-Be Smith, Ebonie Smith, Sheekeena Smith, Larenz Tate, Geoffrey Thorne, Paul Williams, Shari Belafonte, Lourdes Reynolds, James Vallo
Synopsis: Based on the novel by Gloria Naylor, which deals with several strong-willed women who live in a rundown housing project on Brewster Place in an unidentified eastern city; across three decades, they struggle against poverty, bigotry, and weak, troublesome men.
Release Date: March 19, 1989 (USA) | Length: 178 min | Genre: Drama | Certificate: NR
Note: I wasn’t able to identify Maya Leonard (Dierdre).