Plot
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.
Cast
Cicely Tyson
Rebecca Morgan
Paul Winfield
Nathan Lee Morgan
Kevin Hooks
David Lee Morgan
Taj Mahal
Ike
Janet MacLachlan
Camille Johnson
Carmen Mathews
Mrs. Boatwright
James Best
Sheriff Charlie Young
Eric Hooks
Earl Morgan
Yvonne Jarrell
Josie Mae Morgan
Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Harriet
Teddy Airhart
Mr. Perkins
Richard Durham
Perkins' Foreman
Crew
Martin Ritt
Director
Lonne Elder III
Screenplay
John A. Alonzo
Director of Photography
Robert B. Radnitz
Producer
Taj Mahal
Original Music Composer
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