
08/11/1998
A black matriarch in the early 20th century is determined to free her children from the bonds of prejudice.

Cicely Tyson
as Mama Flora

Erika Alexander
as Young Flora

Blair Underwood
as Willie

Queen Latifah
as Diana

Mario Van Peebles
as Luke

Hill Harper
as Don

Shemar Moore
as Lincoln Fleming

Lou Myers
as Albie

Tanya Wright
as Ernestine

Sicily Johnson
as Diana (Teenager)

Novella Nelson
as Pearl (1955-1970)

Elijah Kelley
as Young Willie

Tommy Hollis
as Reverend Jackson

David Ramsey
as Booker Palmer (Adult)

Donna Biscoe
as Jessica

Rhoda Griffis
as Mrs. Hopkins (Younger Woman)

Edith Ivey
as Mrs. Hopkins (Older Woman)

Shashawnee Hall
as Ab

Terrence Howard
as Lincoln

E. Roger Mitchell
as Charlie (1912)

Ronald McCall
as Johnny Metzer

Gregory Alan Williams
as Charlie (1941)

DJ Qualls
as Jason

Faye Yvette McQueen
as Dancer

Earl Maddox
as Racist

Wilbur Fitzgerald
as Public Defender

Jill Jane Clements
as Waitress

Angela Elayne Gibbs
as Woman with Baby

Libby Whittemore
as Nurse

Don Henderson Baker
as Clerk (1955)

Tony Vaughn
as Man (1941)

Jody Thompson
as Another Boy

Alex Van
as Ralph

Frank Hoyt Taylor
as Mr. Anderson

Wynton Yates
as Don

Patty Mack
as Pearl

Michelle Benjamin Cooper
as Pearl

Wesley Yates
as Booker Palmer (Age 8)

Preston Wigasi Brant
as Booker Palmer

Mike Masters
as Ben

Angelina Spicer
as Ruthana (Teenager)

Carol Mitchell-Leon
as Flora's Mama

Tom Even
as Judge Bennett

Mitchell Laurance
as State's Attorney

Tonea Stewart
as Bessie

Tina King
as House Maid

Jevon Dewand
as Slave

Joe Cobb Jr.
as Dock Worker #2

Scott Oliver
as Judge Hogan

James Mayberry
as Blood Donor #1

Mert Hatfield
as Sheriff

Erik Kilpatrick
as Reggie

Jordan Williams
as Kevin Hopkins (Older Man)

Jonathan Parks Jordan
as Gavin Hopkins

Crystal R. Fox
as Ruthana

Jermaine Jackson
as Dancer
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