Two black brothers in a traveling minstrel show in the early part of the twentieth century have two different goals. One brother is determined to succeed in a field that is dominated by white performers in blackface, and the other is a composer fighting to break away from the stereotypes associated with black minstrel performers.
Glynn Turman
as Harry Brown Jr.
Ted Ross
as Charlie Bates
Stanley Bennett Clay
as Rennie Brown
S. Pearl Sharp
as Jesamine
Art Evans
as Tambo
Gene Bell
as Harry Brown Sr. - Fat Man
Earl Billings
as George
Anthony Amos
as Young Harry Jr.
Amechi Uzodinma
as Young Rennie
Arthur Rooks
as Robert
Carol Sutton
as Tess
Wilbur Swartz
as Tobias Finch
