This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvation and understanding and of a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteous and often unloving stepfather.
Paul Winfield
as Gabriel Grimes
James Bond III
as John
Olivia Cole
as Elizabeth
Rodrick F. Wimberly
as Roy
Rosalind Cash
as Aunt Florence
Rose Weaver
as Mother Washington
Desiree Coleman
as Ella Mae
Giancarlo Esposito
as Elisha
Linda Hopkins
as Sister McCandless
Douglas Turner Ward
as Rev. James
Ruby Dee
as Mrs. Grimes
Ving Rhames
as Young Gabriel
