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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1983-01-01
Languageen
Runtime58m
0.0
•1983•58m

I Be Done Been Was Is

Documentary

Overview

A documentary about four African-American comediennes set in 1984. Restored in 2021 by the Academy Film Archive. 

Principal Cast

4 credited
AA
Alice ArthurSelf
JG
Jane Galvin LewisSelf
Rhonda Hansome
Rhonda HansomeSelf
Marsha Warfield
Marsha WarfieldSelf

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