A narrator tells the story of his childhood years in a tightly knit Afro-American community in the deep south under racial segregation.
Al Freeman Jr.
as Poppa
Phylicia Rashād
as Ma Ponk
Paula Kelly
as Ma Pearl
Salli Richardson-Whitfield
as Miss Alice (as Salli Richardson)
Anna Maria Horsford
as Miss Annie
Bernie Casey
as Mr. Walter
Isaac Hayes
as Preacher Hurn
Ray J
as Cliff (12 Yrs.) (as Willis Norwood Jr.)
Polly Bergen
as Miss Maybry
Taj Mahal
as Mr. Will
Leon
as Uncle Melvin
Richard Roundtree
as Cleve
