The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
Cicely Tyson
as Rebecca Morgan
Paul Winfield
as Nathan Lee Morgan
Kevin Hooks
as David Lee Morgan
Taj Mahal
as Ike
Janet MacLachlan
as Camille Johnson
Carmen Mathews
as Mrs. Boatwright
James Best
as Sheriff Charlie Young
Eric Hooks
as Earl Morgan
Yvonne Jarrell
as Josie Mae Morgan
Sylvia Kuumba Williams
as Harriet
Teddy Airhart
as Mr. Perkins
Richard Durham
as Perkins' Foreman
