In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
S. Epatha Merkerson
as Rachel 'Nanny' Crosby
Marcus Carl Franklin
as Ruben Santiago Jr.
Yasiin Bey
as The Bandleader
Carmen Ejogo
as Alean
Louis Gossett Jr.
as Ol'lem Taylor
Macy Gray
as Pauline
Terrence Howard
as Bill Crosby
Ernie Hudson
as Dick Barrymore
Rosie Perez
as Bertha
Liev Schreiber
as Ulysses Ford
Jimmy Smits
as Ruben Santiago Sr.
Patricia Wettig
as Laura's Mother
