Complex sentence: When We Were Colored is a 1996 film directed by Tim Reid and the screenplay was written by Paul W. Cooper, the film is based on Clifton Taulbert's real life and his non-fiction book "Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored".
Split into simpler sentences: When We Were Colored is a film directed by Tim Reid and the screenplay was written by Paul W. Cooper. The film is based on Clifton Taulbert's real life and his nonfiction book "Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored".